Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Princess Anne has been to see the inmates at work … behind bars . |
| 2 | These concerned matters that were a pure technicality ( being allowed to run an advertisement that they would have had no intention of ever running again ) and a virtual truism ( being told that future circumstances may arise in which they should be reasonably able to readdress the issues at hand ) . |
| 3 | As spring came and the evenings became warmer , the boys began to serenade the girls at night with songs , accompanying themselves on a guitar or mandolin . |
| 4 | He has failed to give a timetable for the implementation of those proposals , to set out a schedule which would carry weight and to tackle the problems at base . |
| 5 | In parts of London during the last century , for example , it was certainly not safe to walk the streets at night , with violence and robbery commonplace , as the stories of Charles Dickens illustrate . |
| 6 | It 's dangerous to walk the streets at night . |
| 7 | It 's not safe to walk the streets at night . ’ |
| 8 | THE ECHO 'S reply to Tom Roberts ' recent letter forgets to mention that lots of the criminals ' victims are deprived of their freedom — pensioners too frightened to go for fear of being mugged , young girls afraid to walk the streets at night in fear of being raped . |
| 9 | It is highly unlikely that he envisaged anything more than joint diplomatic pressure on Russia which would bring Nicholas to the conference table to discuss the problems at issue , which explains why he used as a pretext the totally ridiculous question of the keys to the Holy places in Jerusalem , whose custody was disputed between the Latin Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches . |
| 10 | Max Wallis , of the University of Wales , Cardiff , said : " FoE in England and Wales are paralysed since senior staff decided last January to take no stance over the Gulf war , and because they have frustrated efforts to discuss the issues at board level " . |
| 11 | Because of this I warn you not to cross the moors at night . |
| 12 | Moreover , because only a minority were able to leave the centres at will , this policy further aggravated the social divisions within the group . |
| 13 | Where the Buyer intends to use the goods at work , the Seller supplies the goods on the basis that the Buyer will ensure , so far as reasonably practicable , that the goods will be safe and without risks to health when properly used , and that prior to delivery the Buyer will sign and return the written undertaking attached hereto as Annex A obliging the Buyer to take the steps specified in that undertaking to ensure this . |
| 14 | Sardines , she thought , travelled in luxury compared with human beings forced to use the railways at Christmas time . |
| 15 | Throughout , our view has been that it is teachers who are closest to children , and together with parents they are responsible for deciding how to use the tools at hand . |
| 16 | Always try to put the interviewees at ease . |
| 17 | She vents her spleen on the war , the blackout , the Zeppelins which made it imperative to shut the shutters at night ; the price of groceries ; the petty bourgeois ; the landlords and the concierges . |
| 18 | Diana would never shout out answers in class or volunteer to read the lessons at assembly . |
| 19 | Everyone took turns to patrol the streets at night during air raids , and had to be particularly vigilant in the event of firebombs , because if they were on the spot with their fire buckets of sand and water , many a fire could be put out before it got too bad . |
| 20 | We hope that this book will help those contributing to a Compact to understand the issues at stake , be alert to potential pitfalls , be sensitive to the needs and concerns of constituent members , and , in the end , develop a creative structure through which Partnership between Education and Industry can provide a positive future for young people . |
| 21 | The documentary director , Richard Cawston , was invited behind the gates of the royal palaces , to film the royals at home . |
| 22 | And there are now fabrics treated with special antibacterial finishes , designed to keep the pongs at bay . |
| 23 | Dynastic disputes followed the death of Albrecht , who died from dysentery in 1439 , whilst preparing an army to keep the Turks at bay , and the Habsburgs were temporarily eclipsed as incumbents of both the Imperial and Hungarian thrones . |
| 24 | But , whatever their knowledge , of far greater importance in official thinking was the strategic value of a power source which lent itself naturally to centralized control , which was operated by a well paid , reliable work-force and which would continue to keep the miners at bay . |
| 25 | If they did not reach the very poorest , they went further down the scale than most model buildings , and provided the sort of accommodation the poor were used to , despite the introduction of a guardian and a gate to keep the transients at bay and the tenants up to scratch . |
| 26 | I decided to keep the others at home . |
| 27 | There is no truth in the rumour that this tactic is being used to keep the critics at bay . |
| 28 | ‘ Hello , darling , ’ he called waving with his right hand while trying to keep the dogs at bay with his left . |
| 29 | I shall visit just often enough to keep the gossips at bay . |
| 30 | He had employed two extra assistants to keep the flies at bay , and he found he had to force himself not to hurry his craft , not to cut corners . |