Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [adj] at " in BNC.

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1 So he raised his wings , which still bore the light-coloured plumage of a juvenile , reared up his head in as fierce a way as he could , and called out , ‘ I did not choose to come to this miserable place , or to live with ones such as you who grow angry at nothing , or nothing I can understand .
2 Experience teaches problem-solving to rising executives because there are always enough urgent problems to be tackled and promotion comes to those who seem good at tackling them .
3 ‘ We discuss the benefits of greyness as it relates to our lives , ’ we explained , ‘ and also act as a support network for those who feel embarrassed at going grey .
4 Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra .
5 This is particularly important for those who become ill at a relatively young age , i.e. before 65 years .
6 Christ knows how the rules deal with a team who play 5 at the back .
7 But yesterday 's race proved another boost for the Doncaster chances of favourite User Friendly , who beat All At Sea in the Oaks .
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