Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report might contain some nasty shocks , so the formula to be used by both sides is to agree to disclose reports upon which they intend to rely at trial . |
| 2 | He 's the rock Northern Ireland 's strikers must get past if they want to succeed at Lansdowne Road next week . |
| 3 | Many applicants will have a firm idea of what they want to study at university , but others will want to take some time to consider various possibilities before they apply . |
| 4 | My understanding is that the European parliament has got so many buildings now including a great new building at Brussels built at huge cost , enormous cost and a new building they want to build at Strasbourg . |
| 5 | We hope that they enjoy working at Crediton . |
| 6 | it is likely that most of the visitors , as they stand looking at Mary Alice , wonder about the men who flew in her and what a 30 mission combat tour ’ entailed to these men of the 8th USAAF during the daylight bombing offensive in occupied Europe . |
| 7 | They get married at City Hall so that she can have her green card and stay . |
| 8 | They continue to converse at cross purposes and wonder why their numerous conversations never seem to get anywhere or resolve any disagreement . |
| 9 | And before they come in the mornings I tidy up , I , well after they 've gone at night |
| 10 | They 've gone at Finchley and almost everywhere else . |
| 11 | She says when we come in the summer there are geese , then they 've gone at Christmas to be eaten . |
| 12 | ‘ Although any draw against German opposition represents a big challenge , because I 've got the greatest respect and admiration for what they 've done at club and international level for over 20 years . |
| 13 | And it 's the children 's lives that they 've got at hand . |
| 14 | The straw hats they 're seen in here are only a fraction of the collection they 've amassed at home . |
| 15 | To be honest , it is n't so much the W particle that they 've found at CERN , as the ‘ signature of a long-sought particle of matter ’ , as the establishment 's press release puts it ( for more details of this exciting find , turn to p 221 of this issue ) . |
| 16 | For instance , it would be wrong to reconsider the Taylor Report because some fans say they prefer to stand at football matches and there is a likelihood that less wealthy clubs will be forced out of business . |
| 17 | Constables know that all radio messages are taped and that the time they take to arrive at calls is recorded , which is often unnecessary , given the competition to beat other stations and colleagues by getting there first , although stories were told to us of instances where people were transferred for failing to respond to a call . |
| 18 | They have appeared at intervals in vast numbers , eating the living polyps , reducing wide areas of diverse ecosystem to bare white rock that rapidly crumbles into sand . |
| 19 | For too many , the lack of financial security , savings and a clear future mean that they have to live at subsistence level . |
| 20 | We bury our noblemen there , except that they have to lie at present without coffins . |
| 21 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 22 | Newcastle have a vastly superior points difference than all their rivals and this could yet prove crucial at the death , though they have to win at Brierton Lane on March 14 to maintain their challenge . |
| 23 | We we heard just now from the the County Council , that they have looked at Hambleton 's district wide local plan , looked at the constraints in that back to Hambleton effectively as housing requirement . |
| 24 | ‘ Candidates will be required to show that they have looked at marketing in the real world as well as through the limiting perspective of the texts . |
| 25 | A number of Germans and Danes have either bought or rented land in Scotland to keep the cattle they have bought at sales in recent years or have made management agreements with local farmers pending the lifting of the export ban . |
| 26 | We are not going to use violence , we are not going to tell girls they ca n't go out and play in the streets , that they have to stay at home . |
| 27 | But it 's just as sad if highly qualified and trained women lose everything they 've worked for because they have to stay at home . |
| 28 | This week NO. 4 Commando have moved from the positions they have occupied at Hauger since the 6th june and moved to new positions in the village of Breville , a short distance from here . |