Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | By measuring the energy spectrum of the positron , the researchers effectively measure the spectrum of the antineutrinos arriving at the detector . |
| 4 | Do you remember of the territorials leaving at the beginning of the war ? |
| 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 provisions contained in this paragraph shall be reviewed for 1993 in the light of the conditions obtaining at the time … |
| 8 | B. Most of the farmers meeting at the markets keep large numbers of sheep , often as many as 500 each . |
| 9 | ‘ Here , Sandra , ’ said one of the regulars sitting at the bar , ‘ first I 've heard about Mrs P. going off to Spain . |
| 10 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 11 | The defence ministry is pursuing what it calls ‘ administrative ’ control over them , and is trying to win the loyalty of the troops serving at the missile sites . |
| 12 | The beatings happened within three hours of the men arriving at the prison on Saturday , during a recreational period when prisoners are allowed to mix with each other . |
| 13 | BABES IN TOYLAND ( above ) , MEGA CITY FOUR , PAVEMENT and THE FALL are amongst the bands playing at an MTV 120 Minutes music festival in September . |
| 14 | It made him unforgivably attractive with the laugh-lines creasing at the sides of his eyes , and those strong white teeth flashing in the dimness . |
| 15 | In which case the member for Huntingdon could deliver a 1992 budget of generous tax cuts and more spending , with the markets roaring at the prospect of another Tory triumph . |
| 16 | As to posture , the baby 's arms lie flat against its sides but with the hands meeting at the groin , similar to the Cornwall painting at Burford , Salop ; its face is wreathed in a supercilious smile . |
| 17 | Crosland told his audience that whereas higher education must indeed be developed systematically , it should not be represented as a unitary or hierarchical system , with the universities sitting at the top . |
| 18 | A magical hour , especially here , with the trees swaying at the side of the road , and everything looking vaguely blurred and drowsy . |
| 19 | The beautiful fourteenth-century cathedral in Den Bosch is suffering from the men drinking at the surrounding cafes and bars . |
| 20 | I told you I saw her in the mornings standing at the bus stop . |
| 21 | A confession will now be excluded if it is the result of ‘ oppression ’ or if it is the consequence of ‘ anything said or done which was likely , in the circumstances existing at the time , to render [ it ] unreliable ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
| 22 | I agree that the appeal should be allowed and that declarations should be made in the terms appearing at the end of the judgment of Glidewell L.J . |
| 23 | Frogs and reptiles gather beside the exits snapping at the insects as they flock out on to the ramps . |
| 24 | This coincided with the intensification of the pro-natalist campaign , but was probably due to the soldiers returning at the end of the Abyssinian war and the resultant rise in the number of marriages . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If there is no agreement as to the extent of the holding , it is designated by the court by reference to the circumstances existing at the date of the order ( s32(2) ) . |
| 27 | Where liability for negligence is excluded by a notice , the reasonableness of the exclusion depends on whether it would be fair and reasonable to allow reliance on the notice having regard to the circumstances existing at the time liability arose , or would have arisen . |
| 28 | If , when agreed , the restraint was not excessive it will remain valid in law but in deciding whether to grant equitable relief by way of injunction , the court will have regard to the circumstances obtaining at the date of the alleged breach . |
| 29 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 30 | Like Hutton in bygone times , Stewart seemed galvanised by the disasters occurring at the other end , but was never either intimidated into strokelessness or tempted into a reckless rescue bid , for such an endeavour against this bowling would have been futile . |