Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular America 's cup bears no comparison to the trophy they failed to capture at The Belfry . |
| 2 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 3 | Other protestors , including the Cleveland-based Neon , also gave details of the evidence they intend to give at the inquiry . |
| 4 | In the more seasonal forests , hummingbirds may be migratory , but in all forests they tend to breed at the time when the flowers on which they depend are most abundant , though as with the thrips and the Shorea species , there is some staggering of flowering times and avoidance of competition for pollinators between plants . |
| 5 | If not , he argues , players should be able to opt for another country if — like John Gallagher or the Samoans playing in the All Black trials — they want to play at the highest level regardless of country . |
| 6 | His hand under her arm steadied her as they moved to stand at the rail . |
| 7 | They suffer from fatigue , they hear of housewives being stressed , and they say look at the stress of housework . |
| 8 | They seemed to bend at the knee , setting their feet apart so that they could never be off balance when they moved . |
| 9 | An interim experiment took place in 1981 with tubes of brine shrimp , which are sensitive to changes in the magnetic field : they seemed to cluster at the end of the tube which was nearest the stones . |
| 10 | He had stuck to his story , that they 'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early . |
| 11 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 12 | It was cold in London compared to the unnatural steamy heat they 'd suffered at the Paul Ricard circuit . |
| 13 | As he said it , he held her eyes and suddenly Ronni was remembering that glass of champagne they 'd shared at the party . |
| 14 | If they 'd settled at the beginning we would n't have had to go through this battle . |
| 15 | ‘ They came in their full march into the town with about 60 or 70 coloureds borne before them which they 'd taken at the Battle of Edgehill from the Parliament 's forces . |
| 16 | Of course there was the occasional hiccup , such as when they 'd arrived at the nightclub to see a particularly gorgeous girl whom the Press had linked with Ace in the past . |
| 17 | And they forgot to knock at the door and make themselves known to the people inside . |
| 18 | With Girlschool reconvened , and the arrival of Jackie Carrera on bass , they seem poised at the beginning of a newish era , but what have been the high spots of the band 's history so far ? |
| 19 | It is clear that computer designers need the chemists ' understanding of the physical and chemical properties of silicon and the III-Vs and the rules under which they seem to operate at the atomic and molecular levels . |
| 20 | The women clucked and tutted as one by one they turned to stare at the tall fourteen year old . |
| 21 | They arranged to meet at the Blue Boar on the following Wednesday night , then Billy jumped on his bike to ride home . |
| 22 | The singers ' chant frayed as they began pointing at the Spiderglass Europa logo , and in amongst the strangeness of a foreign tongue Jezrael heard the triumphant old woman say , ‘ Spiderglass ’ and ‘ Steel City ’ . |
| 23 | So any feature analyser would have to deal with context so therefore they started to look at the role of context and we 're gon na look at contextual effects later on , probably next week or the week after . |
| 24 | Instead of a glance , which is always acceptable , they keep staring at the animal in a way that makes it feel uncomfortable . |
| 25 | They went to look at the jewellery piled on a table on the far side of the courtyard . |
| 26 | It was Bizet 's Carmen they went to hear at the Opera . |
| 27 | If they chose to quarrel at the tops of their voices , that was their business . |
| 28 | Diana Travers was n't a member of her birthday party but they did dine at the same restaurant , the Black Swan on the river at Cookham . |
| 29 | yes , but they do know , le let's go back a bit further , but they do know at the beginning of the world most of it is water |
| 30 | They do look at the statistics the government statistics for fertility and mortality , but they have then the ability to amend , to adjust to local erm to match up with local information . |