Example sentences of "they [verb] [adj] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'd keep them calm , stop them lying awake at night . |
| 2 | ‘ When I watched them win 2–0 at Tottenham they kept it ever so tight , so I was surprised at how much they came out and attacked . ’ |
| 3 | If they became angry at things said to them by professionals , as a majority of them did at some point , the horrifying causes of their anger were true , and were not projections of their own distress on to the professional concerned . |
| 4 | They thought they had cuffed us when they led 2–0 at half-time . |
| 5 | NOTTINGHAM Forest yesterday missed a chance to move out of the Premier League relegation zone when they drew 1-1 at home to Leeds . |
| 6 | Then they crashed 3–7 at home to third placed Marconi ‘ A ’ for whom Ian Cooper won all three and Graham Taylor and Simon Turner two each . |
| 7 | Garvey conceded their crown last night at Blaris when they crashed 2–0 at home to Banbridge , and now it 's a straight fight between current leaders Holywood and second placed Bann . |
| 8 | How did they keep warm at night , before they learned to control fire ? |
| 9 | They trailed 20–7 at half-time as Harlequins ran through their repertoire of slick back-line moves in preparation for their Cup final showdown with Bath . |
| 10 | The Poles did not look much of a side at all when they lost 3-0 at Wembley in June and , although they have improved since under new management , there is nothing in their results to suggest that they have recovered the standard of the team that put Sir Alf Ramsey 's England out of the World Cup in 1973 . |
| 11 | And of course Oxford supporters do n't need reminding that last season they led Fulham 1-0 after the first leg and they lost 5-3 at home . |
| 12 | Cook and Mick Tait were both sent off as they lost 2–0 at home to Bury , and Willis was sent off the following week in a 4–1 defeat at Exeter , for whom Steve Moran scored a hat trick , Ellison replying from the penalty spot . |
| 13 | THE Italian champions and runaway first division leaders , AC Milan , surrendered their record 58-match unbeaten league run yesterday when they lost 1-0 at home to Parma . |
| 14 | They lost 1-0 at home on Sunday to Bologna . |
| 15 | Also playing tomorrow night Hereford United … they 're at home to Crewe and they too could do with a win … on Saturday they lost two-nil at Wrexham |
| 16 | Hereford United 's dismal away form in the League continued last night when they lost two-nil at bottom of the table Doncaster . |
| 17 | They lost 5-1 at home to Northampton . |
| 18 | They lost 5-1 at home to Northampton . |
| 19 | But they lost 3–2 at Preston the Saturday before and there was no giveaway Budget . |
| 20 | Needing a win to survive in the North-East League Division One , they lost 3–2 at home to bottom club South Shields . |
| 21 | It was Milan 's first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Bari on 19 May , 1991 . |
| 22 | Cos it 's only verses and then they go young at heart and then they go |
| 23 | In 1985 , when they pleaded guilty at Knightsbridge crown court to assaulting Mrs Swami , they received suspended sentences , were fined and ordered to pay £2,000 compensation . |
| 24 | They did that at school . |
| 25 | Although many local authorities in their strategy documents state that they aim first at rehabilitation , I remain unconvinced that they are devoting the same resources in terms of skilled social workers with small caseloads and adequate financial support to natural families , as they do to finding and supporting new families . |
| 26 | ( They preferred entertaining at home . ) |
| 27 | Norwich 's victory over Villa and Manchester United 's goalless draw at home to Arsenal leaves Norwich a point clear of Ron Atkinson 's men and two ahead of United , who they play next at Carrow Road . |
| 28 | CHARLTON boss Steve Gritt was unimpressed with his side 's performance even though they won 3-1 at home to Grimsby . |
| 29 | Man Utd are now 9 points clear ( they won 1–0 at Everton and the next four — Arsenal , Norwich , Leeds and Blackburn all drew ) |
| 30 | In the last round they won 3-0 at home to Bromsgrove of the Beazer Homes League . |