Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main consequence of these discussions was to set up an International Commission of Chemical Nomenclature to continue the work started at the conference . |
| 2 | The act of pulling the rickshaw tugged at the stitches in my armpit , the only reminder that I was a ‘ sick woman ’ ( God , but you 're a trooper ) , and the show went well . |
| 3 | It is understood the incidents occurred at the end of last term . |
| 4 | A coroner 's court in Darlington heard the accident happened at the end of a pedestrian zone in the German town of Lemgo , last October . |
| 5 | The mixture of religious vocabulary with philosophical ‘ idea/ reality ’ , and sexual vocabulary ( ‘ desire/ spasm ’ ) hopelessly rearrange the elements discovered at the roots of religion . |
| 6 | The family were Presbyterians , and her conscious effort to acquire an education began at the age of six , when she heard a sermon she could not understand , and from that time she adopted a plan for acquiring information through asking the meaning of every new word she heard . |
| 7 | With correct positioning , to ensure the join came at the right point with the stairs , and a generous overlap , we could cut the correct angle through both . |
| 8 | This gives one the chance to focus and shoot , taking care to keep the camera pointed at a small angle to the aquarium glass . |
| 9 | Sculley said he did not believe anyone had been able to build an HDTV set at a reasonable price . |
| 10 | It is interesting to note how even euphemisms , symbolizing but not presenting marked terms , can be the more amusing for the conspiracy between scriptwriter , actors and audience in recognizing the term signified at the same time as superficially recognizing that its use is a taboo not to be broken . |
| 11 | It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a son or daughter , husband or wife , partner or friend . |
| 12 | But the party 's MEP , Jim Nicholson , dismissed the claims as ‘ utter nonsense ’ and said the blame lay at the door of the Northern Ireland Office . |
| 13 | But Mrs Countley , whose son suffered a broken arm , said the ambulance arrived at the scene at 1.30pm . |
| 14 | Dr Robat Williams , who has devised the joint charter , said the launch came at a difficult time because of the General Election campaign . |
| 15 | The minister also claimed that , following a recent high profile advertising campaign , enquiries to join the regiment stood at a month . |
| 16 | The racially inspired threats which Sterling told me he received after taking the title illustrated the resentment felt at a black man being a British champion . |
| 17 | Or , to get at it another way , here is a miscellaneous list from my own notebook of possible motives for murder : financial gain , self-protection , to preserve status , fear , to protect a loved one , for a principle , for revenge ( but remember credibility here : only in some societies is revenge stoked up enough to lead to killing ) , the drive to power , compensation for past humiliation , removing a bar to sexual happiness ( bother the permissive society , but impediments do still exist ) , jealousy , the desire to cock a giant snook at the whole world . |