Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I am a present looking at the dozen or so cones sitting on the floor and am making up my mind to do something with them , but even with ingenious ideas , how does one find time with all that knitting to do ? |
| 32 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |
| 33 | Today 's case came out of a fight hear at the Coachmaker 's Arms , but the landlord says the days of Wallingford 's louts are numbered . |
| 34 | In fact I need a hair cut at the moment . |
| 35 | It is not everyone who can boast a Spitfire rebuild at the end of the cabbage patch , but with Spencer masterminding and a couple of chaps from the King Air days — two years later the contents of 35 cardboard boxes in pristine Spitfire formation bearing Spencer 's distinctive red livery , graced the skies . |
| 36 | Again the camera plane turned , and they swung to follow it ; and between them and the Line three trim shapes plunged in and out of cloud in a dive pointed at the F2B . |
| 37 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 38 | The day Vonetta came to my flat to talk to me , she was wearing jeans , a white camisole top , and a shirt tied at the waist . |
| 39 | A thin-faced man , balding , in a shirt open at the neck to reveal gold chains , a woman , obviously beautiful in spite of the quality of the photograph , with her hair tied under a scarf Princess Grace style , and another man with a look of the Mediterranean about him whose face was partially obscured by sunglasses . |
| 40 | Alternatively , he could sell a futures contract at the current futures price and , at the end of T years , buy the asset in the cash market to deliver it into the futures market to fulfil the contract . |
| 41 | A nerve jiggled at the corner of Meredith 's mouth because she was beginning to piece small bits of information together and was coming up with a heap of worries . |
| 42 | One of the finest of the towers commemorates Gregorio di Gregorio , a third generation patrician of the early thirteenth century — heir to a succession established at the first high point of San Gimignano 's revived prosperity , in the middle of the twelfth century . |
| 43 | A photograph taken at the Leeds ceremony reminds one of a Greek pediment , with the Princess Royal ( Chancellor ) and the Vice-Chancellor as the central deities . |
| 44 | Cath , can you ever remember whether we 've had a photograph taken at the recruitment fair ? |
| 45 | Without a word Ramses led us to a boat moored at the end of the dock , a small felucca with a heavily patched sail . |
| 46 | Such a practice cuts at the foundation of Aristoteleian notions of male and female difference and constitutes in itself the act of revolt — though the challenge it issues is more veiled than the more overt social questions asked by Hunter or Kelly . |
| 47 | A quiz organised at the launch by Delta Holidays , with a prize of a trip for two adults to Euro Disney , was won by Kevin Chambers , of Birkhall Road , Thorntree , Middlesbrough . |
| 48 | Well , it 'll be nice if you get a club going at the youth club , because they wo n't use it in the morning |
| 49 | She was just in the middle of doing her hair when she heard a light tap at the door , followed by the sound of Candy 's voice . |
| 50 | A LIGHT emerged at the end of the tunnel for Greatham road safety campaigners last week . |
| 51 | Before the authorities get too enthusiastic about reports on a fall in illegal drug use by white , middle-class high school seniors , a study conducted at the University of California found that young people who do experiment with drugs are usually better adjusted than kids who abstain from drugs completely . |
| 52 | i In order to determine whether cigarette smoking was a risk factor for the development of premature facial wrinkling , a study based at the University of Utah , USA , looked at a sample of 132 adult smokers and nonsmokers . |
| 53 | The Manchester study is linked with a study based at the Social Science Research Unit in London which considers the social support needs of a group of socially disadvantaged women and children . |
| 54 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 55 | Brenton , in a study looking at the feasibility of the voluntary sector replacing the statutory sector to some degree in the provision of personal services , concludes : |
| 56 | What is valuable is to see that here is a critic writing at the top of his bent . |
| 57 | There was a longer gash on her right elbow and a bruise forming at the top of her arm . |
| 58 | WHAT DOES A PRIEST DO AT THE EUCHARIST ? |
| 59 | This week a soldier based at the top of Templar House flats in the New Lodge area shot and injured a suspected loyalist gunman as he made his getaway following a murder bid at the Sinn Fein office at Lepper Street . |
| 60 | The second man was seen by a witness standing at the entrance to Martlesham underpass at the A1214 roundabout at about 11.30 am on Thursday , February 11 . |