Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] at [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 AN animal lover has hit out at youths who use catapults to injure ducks in a Darlington park .
2 A GRIEVING family has hit out at witnesses who failed to turn up at the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of their son .
3 A DOCTOR has hit back at claims a national medical conference will be turned into a political issue .
4 In consequence , that aspect of it which links it with previous practice has diminished almost at times to the point of disappearance .
5 It is this kind of ‘ book ’ which has eaten away at budgets and corrupted the library staff more than any other .
6 During his round trip ‘ described to death ’ the boat would have called in at ports on the way and the passengers would have had time to wander whilst goods were unloaded and loaded .
7 They had been moving in a group , or trying to : actually , they had straggled widely at times .
8 I 've gone home at nights with clothes drenched with sweat from head to foot and the wife has had to pull my socks off , they 've been that wet inside my boots .
9 These things have done well at toddlers these
10 ‘ These people have turned up at competitions and disrupted them by throwing things into the water .
11 In general these movements have operated only at grass-roots level , but in some areas they have been joining up to form networks of organisations of the urban poor .
12 TRADE unionists have hit out at letters to hospital workers which they claim are ‘ begging for money ’ to fund the health service .
13 TRADE unionists have hit out at letters which they claim are ‘ begging for money ’ from hospital workers to fund the health service .
14 RESIDENTS living near Darlington College of Technology have hit out at plans to use the building to its full potential .
15 THE fish and chip women of Barnard Castle have hit back at claims that ladies serving Britain 's best-loved dish are traditionally fat and ugly .
16 HOSPITAL fund raisers have hit back at claims that they were staging a begging plea in a bid to find more cash .
17 Meanwhile , RADIO 5 have hit back at allegations in The Sunday Times that the station is to close .
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