Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certainly a long way from the crowds cheering at John F. Kennedy 's ‘ Ich bin ein Berliner ’ speech in front of the Berlin Wall in 1962 to the communiqué issued after Honecker 's visit to West Germany in 1987 : ‘ both states agreed to respect the sovereignty and independence of each other in both domestic and foreign matters ’ . |
| 2 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 3 | The article told us that the climbers meeting at Buxton ‘ firmly turned their backs on seductive French influences to make their sport safe ’ . |
| 4 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 5 | But as opposed to the exhibition of the Societe Normande de Peinture Moderne of the previous year , the majority of the artists showing at the Section d'Or were Cubists or painters directly influenced by the movement , and the effect made must have been concentrated . |
| 6 | If there is an important and difficult question of law , however , I do not anticipate that senior judges will either feel ‘ demeaned ’ or take umbrage at the possibility of the courts looking at the question again on fuller argument . |
| 7 | The ions appearing at the foot of the most recently reconnected field lines would be more energetic than the corresponding ions on field lines that were opened by a previous pulse of reconnection . |
| 8 | A bitter poem from the end of the war saw the statesmen meeting at Versailles to agree to a peace treaty as those who crucified Christ anew . |
| 9 | Do kneading movements on the body , placing the hands palms down on the back with the fingers meeting at waist level , thumbs pointing forwards . |
| 10 | Separately , the compilers starting at $1,500each and the simulator for $3,500 . |
| 11 | Separately , the compilers starting at $1,500 each and the simulator for $3,500 . |
| 12 | The members wrote a letter to the authorities protesting at the increases in the cost of living , which had exacerbated problems of nutrition , health and transport . |
| 13 | The organisation should bring together everyone from the musicians working at grassroots level to established businesses , and also involve decision-making bodies like Liverpool City Council and City Challenge . |
| 14 | Alyssia ignored his remark and concentrated on trying to cut her steak without sending all the vegetables flying at the same time . |
| 15 | The Data Discman costs around £350 , with the titles retailing at £25 to £35 . |
| 16 | There was a tight thicket of new , thorny growth in the clearing , a bird darting between the branches picking at the red and blue berries that hung from the twigs . |
| 17 | It was n't the cars there , it was the cars turning at the end of the road |
| 18 | If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets . |
| 19 | It could be argued that had England scored faster on the second day they would have won comfortably , but having controlled the game from the beginning they were desperately unlucky to lose out to the weather ; and for the fans listening at home it was especially frustrating that it was a beautiful evening in England . |
| 20 | The clergy officiating at both Sutton and Wawne were drawn from the abbey at Meaux , which was close to both . |
| 21 | If you see the trainers looking at their notes . |
| 22 | In August 1893 , the Vicar writes that funds for the new organ are not coming in very quickly , the funds standing at only £30 711 . |
| 23 | That should be less of a problem in the cup-tie atmosphere of Stamford Bridge , but £1.5 million Johnston and Serbian import Preki have still been banished to the reserves playing at lowly Mansfield . |
| 24 | Before climbing a steep , stiff staircase back up the cliff to Rhossili , I paused to watch the waves licking at the oak ribs of the Helvetia — a Norwegian coaster driven aground in 1887 , whose remains are still half buried in the sand . |
| 25 | These are examples of synchronic analysis : slicing through the relationships obtaining at any one time in the social-cultural formation . |
| 26 | Soon the place would sound like a factory with all the typewriters going at once . |
| 27 | So far as the latter are concerned it is evident that the movements aiming at national unification or national independence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have arisen in circumstances very different from those which prevailed when the first nation states were created . |
| 28 | Reports from the clergy in some of the affected dioceses show that they were perplexed by the variety and number of the movements emerging at this time . |
| 29 | Clutching the hot loaf to her chest she fled , expecting every minute to hear shouts of : ‘ Thief … thief … ’ as she threaded between the wharves arriving at a narrow lane not far from Marsh Street where the press gangs roamed . |
| 30 | No , no , not really , cold , but I do hate it when the winds blowing at me . |