Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Pigs too were taken to sanctuaries to recover , as the RSPCA worked at the farms for days on end , work which eventually cost the RSPCA £15,000 . |
2 | In determining whether a haulier is of good repute , the LA looks at the applicant 's conduct generally , not just at any previous convictions he may have . |
3 | The Fish-Boy knocked at the door , and a second later a large plate came flying out of an open window . |
4 | They watched with detachment , and even with satisfaction , as the Masai began at the eleventh hour to organize themselves to resist what they feared would be the encroachment of agricultural peoples on their land , not as traditional appendages of the Masai way of life , but as conquerors armed with all the power of the modern state . |
5 | Now you think I 'm joking , but in fact in the States , people in the States sue at the drop of a hat . |
6 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
7 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
8 | The Havards arrived at The Kilns , Maureen played tennis with them , swam with them and provided them with the sandwiches and cakes which she and her mother had been preparing all day . |
9 | The jump will be a familiar sight to people who attended the Citroen stand at the Yorkshire Show last year . |
10 | The Archon stared at the general . |
11 | The Cherrys kneel at the altar of the Chili Peppers and bare their bellies for a spot of sacrificing . |
12 | The Feldwebel stood at the entrance to the corridor turning away people who wanted to come in . |
13 | THE BEATLES are suing Sony over their release of an archive bootleg , ‘ The Beatles Live At the Star Club — 1962 ’ . |
14 | In a detailed paper on the issues involved in opening up disciplinary hearings , the PCD asked at the December Council meeting for guidance before moving forward . |
15 | It was a few minutes after Allen recovered his bow that Friar Tuck and Simon the Trapper arrived at the tree . |
16 | It would be lovely to walk along the Champs-Elysées and see the Arc de Triomphe , go into the Louvre to look at the Mona Lisa , and visit the Opera House . |
17 | The Padre and the two Commandos laughed , one of the Bretons pointing at the Padre with his forefinger , exclaimed , ‘ He is a bloody good shot , Beel ! ’ |
18 | As the Shah arrived at the White House to be officially welcomed by President Carter , the two groups shouted abuse at each other just beyond police railings . |
19 | Mae Brown , an educational psychologist , liaises with the SSD to look at the assessment and treatment of children who have been sexually abused . |
20 | When you retire , the DHSS looks at the gaps in your record for full tax years when you were receiving child benefit or a benefit for caring for an invalid . |
21 | Well , you could get on the case of the Rocktron Utopia system , the first of which ( in the UK , anyway ) was gracing the Washburn stand at the British Music Fair and shortly afterwards took up temporary residence in the Guitarist studio . |
22 | It was quite a shock to learn that the Elsie found at the bottom of Loch Craig was not a twenty-six-year-old woman but a woman in her late fifties or early sixties . |
23 | Up the Empire ! ’ to a group of communist students from the UK gathered at the bar of his hotel , promises to do something about the ‘ blooming awful ’ state of Soviet plumbing and ends up making a deal with Stalin with the insouciance of George Formby addressing himself to Hitler . |
24 | The Gordon looks at the door , and they 're outside , stuffing pies and sandwiches down their faces . |
25 | But since work for the TVEI starts at the age of 14 , two years before the GCSE is to be taken , it is not clear how that examination will fit in ; for it is not yet certain how much vocationalism can be accommodated within the GCSE itself . |
26 | In fact , as the THES noted at the time , the dispute leading to this crisis had been simmering in relative privacy for some time . |
27 | The UFF vowed at the start of the year to step up attacks and warned : You ai n't seen nothing yet . ’ |
28 | Visit the Schwartz stand at the BBC Good Food Show and you could win an attractive Schwartz wooden spice rack ( spices not included ) . |
29 | The Soviet fixation-on Western-sponsored alliance formation in the Middle East induced great scepticism in the USSR towards regional plans for security coordination developed among the Gulf states at the beginning of the 1980s . |
30 | In late July 1989 Saudi Arabia and the United States opened secret talks to extend the life of a floating military base in the Gulf established at the height of the Iran-Iraq war . |