Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [pron] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every waking hour she chipped at the ugly block , sanded , scored , chiselled , gouged gaping eye sockets . |
| 2 | When an accomplished actor like ( bridegroom 's name ) realizes he is going to have a speaking part in the wedding ceremony he jumps at the opportunity . |
| 3 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
| 4 | The Profitboss , in developing his contacts , never forgets that the friendly Steven Cook he met at the conference last month might just be the head of purchasing for a major customer in two years ' time . |
| 5 | So the spring flowers which bloom at the same time each year , and the swifts and swallows which return so precisely to their nest sites , are clearly responding to a more dependable guide . |
| 6 | During the year the largest project had been the re-decoration of the Phair Hall , costing £3,766 , but Mrs. Roadnight expressed appreciation of Alistair Harley for all the general maintenance jobs he undertakes at the centre . |
| 7 | At the top of the Shoulder of Mutton Hill is the Poet Stone , dedicated to the memory of the poet Edward Thomas who died at the battle of Arras in 1917 . |
| 8 | I explained in my statement in the annual report about the management reorganisation which occurred at the end of nineteen eighty nine . |
| 9 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 10 | Okay now erm the only question mark we have at the moment Ron is the car . |
| 11 | But now she raised her eyes and did look , differently , at Alice , the housemate of a Council official who worked at the main office for this area . |
| 12 | Priorities are decided as part of the January cycle which introduce at the local budget |
| 13 | Other decorated wells in the Sheffield area follow the Derbyshire tradition which developed at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | But soon the Teesdale could merge with Bennet House which concentrates at the moment on younger children with greater difficulties . |
| 15 | Haslam found this a rather passive role compared to running a business himself , so when he was asked to become ICI 's personnel director he jumped at the opportunity to tackle a job which appeared to have a higher executive content . |
| 16 | At the other end of the scale are Stephanus Heidacker and Peter Chevalier , whose paintings are based on a revision of classicism , and the Frenchman Philippe Cognée who aims at the breaking down of figurative painting . |
| 17 | The first was Helen 's return to 6 Patten Road for a ten-day holiday before she began work in London as governess to Horst , the young son of M. and Mme Roman who lived at the Hotel Metropole . |
| 18 | Navigating along dry forest roads we arrived at the base of Mount Robert . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a man called Alain Gebrec who works at the Centre Cévenol d'Etudes in Roziac . ’ |
| 20 | Doggett spurred away , followed by a reluctant Nosey , while Sharpe dismounted and led his horse back to the chestnut trees which grew at the road 's fork . |
| 21 | On The Poultry Cross side of this was The Westminster Bank , on the other facing the Market , Singer Sewing Machines , and on the same side facing Minster Street , The London and Counties Clothing Company , a rather high sounding name for a not very large Men 's Outfitters , owned and run by Mr. Selway who lived at the corner of Milford Hill/Rampart Road with his mother . |
| 22 | Some printers are attracted to dry-ice blasting because the cleaning processes they use at the moment require volatile chlorinated solvents and dangerous methyl ethyl ketones ( MEKs ) — not very environmentally friendly . |
| 23 | Classroom teachers who look at the lighting in their classroom may question whether they are able to do anything positive to help . |
| 24 | A feature of Levels 1–3 is the use of picture glosses which appear at the foot of the page and give immediate help with the meanings of the words . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , I fell on the gravel , severely grazing my knee and , what was worse , ruining one of my two pairs of stockings — nasty rayon objects which sagged at the knees and cost precious clothing coupons . |
| 26 | THE contract of Kingsley Centre 's warden/manager Damian Duggan which expires at the end of June , is not being renewed . |
| 27 | Springfields-based Dr Sue Ion has been appointed Director of technology Development to succeed Dr Harry Allardice who retires at the end of August . |
| 28 | … stout Cortez , when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with wild surmise — Silent , upon a peak in Darién . |
| 29 | Royal Liver Assurance is sponsoring the £375,000 UK Championships which start at the Guild Hall in Preston a week today . |
| 30 | The goals must be debated and discussed until their true implications are appreciated , then their application worked out in terms of the curriculum planning and development decisions they imply at the various stages of the educational process . |