Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] at [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Erm erm a lot of people do n't seem to know the rules at roundabouts and you can not
2 The aim is to sell the products at markets .
3 But the main intended beneficiaries of the new law are unlikely to be able to afford the rents at places they now have legal access to .
4 The 1988–89 Committee spent a long time agonising over the problem of how to keep the broadcasters at arms length , so that their editors would not be able to provide the signal in ways that might be journalistically attractive but would be repugnant to Members .
5 People root for pianists as though they were football teams , hoping that one will really make the most of the commissioned piece , trying to nobble the judges at parties to announce that someone 's interpretation of Brahms has changed their hearts and souls .
6 Lily meanwhile works for the Mob , placing bets to shorten the odds at racetracks ; when she impulsively decides to re-enter her son 's life , after an absence of eight years , just in time to save it .
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