Example sentences of "and [verb] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 2 | If the application is urgent , eg for a non-molestation injunction under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 and there is no judge sitting , the court office will say at what court there is a judge and the application may be made and heard at that court , but the more usual practice is for the application itself to be made in the court which would otherwise have been appropriate , with the papers and order being sent back to that court after the hearing . |
| 3 | All components on and below the solebar were fitted and riveted at this stage , for example , spring shoes . |
| 4 | ‘ I am very flattered and honoured at this appointment . |
| 5 | This subject is raised again and treated at some length in a more empirical context in chapter 7 . |
| 6 | As antimalarial drugs were desperately needed during the war , it is startling to realize that chloroquine was first synthesized several years before the war and recognized at that time as having antimalarial activity . |
| 7 | The Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting such minutes to be produced , and read and passed at each sederunt . |
| 8 | A motion was proposed and passed at that meeting , which set out general suggestions concerning a possible way forward . |
| 9 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 10 | The new housing will mean a whole new way of life for the residents , who are being informed and consulted at all stages of the development . |
| 11 | The most important element of this optimism is that the counselling approach implies that growth is a continuous process during which our potential capacities can be drawn upon and developed at any period of life , including old age . |
| 12 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 13 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 14 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 15 | The technique does however allow constraints and associations to be established , entered and modified at any stage . |
| 16 | It was for this convict , who could be caught and hanged at any moment , that I had deserted Joe . |
| 17 | It is not surprising that many professionals involved in education are rather dispirited and disillusioned at this time . |
| 18 | Once the marketmaker 's spread and the broker 's commission are taken into account the investor will face a sizeable loss if he or she buys and exercises at these prices . |
| 19 | She had gone in and looked at that picture and come running down the stairs crying , with her hands up to her face and the tears pouring . |
| 20 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 21 | The total form of a person 's language that he knows and uses at any stage of his development . |
| 22 | Information held by a body , whether or not obtained in pursuit of our statutory activities , and collected at any date . |
| 23 | Frozen foods are stored at — 18°C throughout distribution and there is no possibility of bacterial cells growing and multiplying at that temperature . |
| 24 | British industry suffered a major crisis and needed to reorganise and rationalise at all levels . |
| 25 | ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says . |
| 26 | Counselling help and support at this stage can be vital to the way that individuals learn to face up to their lives as post-generation parents . |
| 27 | There is strong emphasis on loyalty and support at this stage : |
| 28 | Advice and support at this time could aim to minimise the chances of a girl returning to an unhappy discordant home and to parents with whom she may largely have lost touch . |
| 29 | and looking at that programme always , only have to be , pretty engaging months and years , just the only job they back , they would and the nineteen ninety five might be what federal just |
| 30 | Rushing about the Rante , attached like Siamese twins by a synch-pulse cable , tripping over and swearing at each other , burying our heads for mysterious minutes in black film-changing bags , endlessly sticking our noses into other people 's business was a cause for considerable levity amongst the participants . |