Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 . |