Example sentences of "[det] [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years later , long after Tam was " deed " , I did some research at the Black Watch archives in Perth and was assured that no such thing could ever have happened . |
| 2 | This occurred at the main dispensing chemist in Wirral 's largest township : |
| 3 | The dry slope was dotted with rabbits — some nibbling at the thin grass near their holes , others pushing farther down to look for dandelions or perhaps a cowslip that the rest had missed . |
| 4 | But this struck at the very heart of what Laura was hoping to achieve and she quashed the suggestion with ferocity . |
| 5 | Some halted at the right time and others did n't , resulting in a bit of a rugger scrum . |
| 6 | This hits at the established doctrine that the courts recognise no legal limits to Parliament 's legislative power . |
| 7 | Ranges will be offered up to three Greens for virtually the same price as one , with each installed at the required distance . |
| 8 | How much spent at the main counter ? |
| 9 | Some have been designated as sites of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) , but these stop at the low-water mark , allowing rubbish dumping further out on the water . |
| 10 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 11 | It all came at the right time , she said , at exactly the right time . |
| 12 | They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight . |
| 13 | Indeed all look at the recent decision by the and Allied Trade Union to the members who have amalgamated themselves Transport and General Workers . |
| 14 | The arrangement was that they would all meet at the Federal Express Office in Salt Lake City Airport and send the papers off together to Nature . |
| 15 | When they all arrive at the small town , police patrols swirl around . |
| 16 | Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself . |
| 17 | They all looked at the dark square and saw that it was hardly a manhole , more of a childhole . |
| 18 | They all looked at the spreading crystal world . |
| 19 | ‘ We all marvel at the Red Kite , ’ says Gareth , ‘ But we do n't marvel at the little beetles which are the reason it 's there . ’ |
| 20 | Lancaster , Preston , where the Old Pretender 's advance had foundered , and which his son reached on 26 November , and Wigan all fell at the mere approach of the all-conquering young prince . |
| 21 | The hunters received on average about US$5 for each dolphin , and the dolphins were all processed at the nearby factory . |
| 22 | But in 1953 the authorities solemnly sought to destroy copies of " The Kinsey Report " , and in 1956 a number of respectable publishers — Secker and Warburg , Heinemann and Hutchinsons — were all tried at the Old Bailey for " horrible tendencies " discovered in their current fiction lists . |
| 23 | This format makes it easy to fit the words to the ( edited ) pictures and to cue them to the start of each section so that they all come at the right place when they are being recorded onto the video sound track . |
| 24 | This meant the Government would have less to announce at the unified Budget in November , when tax and spending plans will be unveiled together for the first time . |
| 25 | Thames Water has already bought five houses on the proposed site and says it will still buy those affected at the going market rate . |
| 26 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying at the Villa Paradiso , Excelsior Palace and the Miramare receive a bottle of sparkling wine and flowers or fruit , those staying at the Jolly Diodoro receive fruit on arrival . |
| 27 | ‘ We consider our wares to be as good in every aspect as those provided at the other hotel , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Others , particularly those trained at the aforesaid establishments , absolutely loathed the sight of him and loved to recount his various gaffes and bêtises from time to time . |
| 29 | Procedures of both sorts can be found in any type or size of organisation , for filling in forms , processing goods , inputting data to a computer system etc , and those directed at the continual development and implementation of policy , or the preservation of the mode of business operation . |
| 30 | Those working at the sharp end will be able to add from their own experience . |