Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Strasbourg 's anti-nicotine brigade has won a consolation prize : the health and social-affairs commissioner , Mrs Vasso Papandreou , has promised to look at a ban in the future . |
| 2 | Her body was found in a hall of residence only hours after she 'd arrived to teach at a summer school of the Open University … today courses continued despite the tragedy … |
| 3 | John Douglas found himself charged with behaviour likely to lead to a breach of the peace as a result of some remarks he is said to have made at a meeting in Rathfriland . |
| 4 | Wright is then alleged to have spat at a spectator as he left pitch . |
| 5 | Why ? you get get snogged at a disco . |
| 6 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 7 | But you do n't want to have to look at a woman too much — it 's too romantic . ’ |
| 8 | They had arranged to meet at a pub in Soho , not far from Helen 's flat . |
| 9 | Jim had decided to stay at a hotel there till his car was mended . |
| 10 | What they do , I mean just play a game , it 's just a ga it 's a it 's a game , like sort of Simon says , try and catch them out in things , you 'll say right , now you 've got to point at a window , say , and then you have to point at , and you can get them all doing it , you |
| 11 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 12 | Born in Liberia , Jackson had learned printing at a mission school . |
| 13 | Oblivious of the equivocal nature of her remarks , Gwendolen was hoping that Angelina , with whom Sir Thomas had chosen to sit at a table for two only , would take due note of her omission of the ‘ sir ’ . |
| 14 | And even in this conformity the detectives are moving away from the uniform policeman 's concept of correct dress , for they are wearing ‘ civvy ’ clothing like those despised outsiders they have learned to keep at a distance . |
| 15 | They have been created because we have chosen to look at a situation in a certain way or we have chosen to treat as a problem something which is merely a change . |