Example sentences of "they [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What did you think they lacked at the time ?
2 If they failed at the game , Camazotz would swiftly behead them , and their spirits appeared as stars in the eastern sky .
3 Cramlington illustrates real issues , in particular the extensive development gains made by the private developers on land they owned at the beginning of the whole process .
4 They met at a dance .
5 They met at a party in the mid '80s .
6 Helena Lisandrello says she had an affair with the actor after they met at a party in 1979 .
7 They met at a café near the opera , and Arnoux urged his political chief Albert Sarraut to meet this remarkable young man ( Sarraut had previously been Governor-General of Indo-China ) .
8 He had been fifteen years her senior when they met at the church door but he had been slimmer then , fleet as a greyhound , a veritable Hector on the battlefield and a Paris in the bedchamber .
9 They met at the Bab es Zuweyla , one of the old gates of Cairo , now the centre of the native city .
10 And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move .
11 Together they gazed at the family portraits and Miss Hatherby pointed out the niceties of her forefathers ' dress — ‘ Folk would literally kill for shoe buckles of that quality .
12 International referee Derek Bevan , who handled the World Cup final , agreed with Kirkpatrick , citing another area where law changes have had negative consequences : ‘ When the ball is fielded following a high kick from the attacking side the chasing forwards can close in and circle the catcher provided that they remain at a distance of 10 metres .
13 TEAM Components Bureau , having secured their first Scottish women 's league title last weekend , are keen to ensure that they remain at the top .
14 They lived at a place called the Half House .
15 SINGER Cher and her Bon Jovi guitarist toyboy Richie Sambora , right , fuelled rumours of a wedding as they hugged at a London party .
16 They loitered at the front of the house , at the garden corner , sharp angle of white stone , and scowled at one another .
17 They grin at the idea , crinkling their noses in mock distaste , suggesting that the monastic life holds no attraction for them .
18 They agreed at a meeting in Edinburgh yesterday to urge the Government to seek changes in legislation so that tenants who have bought their homes with the benefit of a discount are debarred from buying council houses with similar concessions on a second or more occasions .
19 But they agreed at a meeting on Saturday that they would take whatever steps were necessary to protect their colliery .
20 In a significant move forward towards the establishment of a non-racial democracy , they agreed at the end of three days of talks in Cape Town to take a common stand on two important issues when multi-party constitutional talks resume : power sharing in a future democratic system and regional government .
21 ‘ And they said they was just farmers , like us , ’ mused Jonadab , as they rode at a walk through the high arched entrance and into the stable-yard .
22 They checked at the girl 's school and whether the man was known to police .
23 They led at the interval by one goal to nil , that was thanks to an Andy Thomas goal , following a cross from Neil Waters .
24 Isabelle says part of the reason for her previous reluctance to speak of their personal life is the rough handling they experienced at the hands of the French press , with their sarcastic digs at Eric 's love of painting and poetry .
25 Clearly these regulations were meant to confine carried-out timber to that fit only for firewood , but in 1792 complaints were still being made of enormous losses of timber through yard workers , who even finished work early to allow themselves time to saw up useful lengths , which they sold at a shilling each .
26 One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop .
27 No doubt they sit at the table , plotting and planning , making arrangements .
28 Did n't they stay at the flat ?
29 It is much harder to say if the ruling merchant employer class was affected adversely , in the same way as its rural counterpart , by the need to pay higher wages , or by a reduction in markets for the commodities which they produced at a time of population decline .
30 Mrs St Albyn had before long heard the unpleasant rumours concerning the new tenants at Alfoxden , and ordered , in spite of Tom Poole 's intercession , that on no account should they remain at the mansion beyond the following midsummer .
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