Example sentences of "their [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 2 | How the more distinguished men must have gnashed their teeth at the trivial basis upon which great decisions are made — but how delighted they must be today not to be branded with the title of court architect ! |
| 3 | Some police make quite a tidy income ringing up their contacts at the bottom end of Fleet Street whenever they have a customer of public interest . |
| 4 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 5 | In 1851 Hoopers of Eastington were noted for the fine display of their products at the great Exhibition . |
| 6 | It is a paradox that the more Ministers learn about the complex and uncertain causes and circumstances of crime , the less dogmatic they become in their opinions at the very moment when , as Whitelaw found to his cost , they are most vulnerable to censure by their own supporters . |
| 7 | Furthermore their activities at the rarefied levels of Petrograd and Moscow often had very little impact , either at the time or subsequently , on the masses and on provincial life . |
| 8 | For years souvenir-hunters had swarmed over it on summer Sundays ( and now also on Lubbock 's bank holidays ) , their hammers at the ready , and the owner , Antrobus , had Supplied an attendant to keep some order . |
| 9 | Tennant and his girlfriend , Mandy Simpson , 21 , are not headed for the discos but to top up their tans at the Electric Beach instant tan centre . |
| 10 | The need for change was felt strongly , so builders cast their eyes at the ready-made style in neighbouring France and based their ideas of Gothic upon French schemes , especially Amiens Cathedral which , at that time , was the exemplar in western European architecture . |
| 11 | A reception will be held for the runners and their supporters at the English Wine Centre . |
| 12 | It freed scholars to pursue their researches without having to look over their shoulders at the Holy Office . |
| 13 | East Suffolk at university because a lot of erm the more well to do parents would erm would probably turn up their noses at the small amount of |
| 14 | In customs , the Eladeldi had drawn back their lips at the sedated parrot , but all the processing was in order , and Marco had hustled them through . |
| 15 | Mr Patrick McIntyre , a South London publican and former New Scotland Yard detective who wrote a regular crime column for the South London Chronicle , was another who cast doubt on the Hooligan panic , accusing newspapers of being in their ‘ silly season ’ and of taking the matter up merely ‘ as a suitable and sensational means of filling their columns at the present moment ’ . |
| 16 | A group of derelicts seated in the trash-strewn gutter amiably waved their bottles at the passing parade . |
| 17 | In the mornings I used to sit out in the warm sun of our terrace and read the travellers ' descriptions of the Delhi they knew from their visits at the very apex of the Mughal Empire . |
| 18 | The police squad fanned out and with their weapons at the ready advanced towards the target dell . |
| 19 | Comment from Morton Westlake centred on how jolly good the scones were , how you could get a jolly food tea at the Waldorf in London , and the astronomical prices which some had paid for their seats at the forthcoming Test match at Lord's. it was the Old Stager who brought them back to the match in hand . |
| 20 | Then one day another mutual friend from their days at the Royal Victoria breezed into town and ended up on Mick 's floor for a couple of nights . |
| 21 | The women of the other crofts were already at the burn , filling their pails at the freezing cold stream . |
| 22 | Current models of collaborative research assume that companies pool their resources at the pre-competitive R&D phase and the apply results individually in a competitive environment . |
| 23 | But six-foot Aussies and Englishmen have to jack-knife their bodies at the four-foot door which leaks substantial amounts of air — as does the roof where the stovepipe pokes through . |
| 24 | Their rooms at the Royal Albion Hotel were just a few doors from each other and it was Ken 's job to see that she always had her mug of cocoa before going to bed — and indeed that she was warmly tucked up at the right time for a lady of her years and responsibilities . |
| 25 | Since Munich , the mood of the British people had changed almost tangibly , with only Chamberlain 's grey men in Parliament , backed by their poodles at the Daily Mail and the Express , not positively , atavistically , desiring the first shot . |
| 26 | They went to Oakport Woods , leaving their bicycles at the big iron gate , and walking with their books over the grass to the belt of trees along Oakport Lake . |
| 27 | The divisions in the Conservative party have already undermined the Government 's position in their negotiations at the intergovernmental conferences . |
| 28 | And under his guidance countless little boys had learned how to set out their chess-men at the weekly meetings of the Chess Club . |
| 29 | will he or wo n't he … can they or ca n't they … this weekend Nigel Mansell and the Williams team are due to make up their minds at the Italian Grand Prix … that 's where Mark Kiff starts his action roundup |
| 30 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |