Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not supposed that they dealt at arm 's length . |
| 2 | Many subsequently returned to their homes , all over the Soviet Union , where the local doctors may not know that they worked at Chernobyl and may therefore not recognise subsequent cancers or other problems as radiation-linked . |
| 3 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 4 | I suppose the main reason was that I was so astonished to find that they existed at all . |
| 5 | In Group A , Sampdoria will qualify if they win at home against a Panathinaikos side who have not scored a goal in their five previous matches . |
| 6 | The story of victims number 37,38 and 39 was : ‘ In an apparent ambush , a gang member , fourteen , is killed and two others are wounded as they stand at a bus stop . ’ |
| 7 | Meetings are , of course , an important part of work ; indeed some people have calculated that they spend at least 60 per cent of their time in meetings of one sort or another . |
| 8 | Younger first time buyers would find such a scheme an unnecessary burden since , presuming that they retired at the standard age , they would have to continue paying their mortgage for 30 or 40 years before the pension plan matured to pay it off . |
| 9 | What is clear , though , is that the bereaved have a special place in God 's kingdom and this should be reflected in his church so that bereaved people can feel that they have at least one known place where they can feel at home . |
| 10 | The other factor we should also bear in mind is the great majority of the people are not only not interested , they 're basically hostile the whole business and I think that members may not have really noticed if they looked at the European newspaper , the highest ever figure , fifty three percent of all the people of Britain are now totally and completely opposed to the whole business of the E C , they do n't think it 's a good idea . |
| 11 | HENRY WHARTON still calls Fidel Castro by his original fighting name of Slugger O'Toole but he reckons it wo n't matter what name he uses after they clash at Elland Road soccer ground on September 23 . |
| 12 | The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK . |
| 13 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 14 | Oh yeah , and his dog , yeah likes it as well yeah , they used to leave a tray out for him every night , yeah when it was closing time the dog knew every time it closed , it wo , I mean if they closed at lunchtime it would n't come down it would only come down when they closed up at night . |
| 15 | Soldiers initially alleged that they fired at the car after it had driven through an army checkpoint and hit a soldier . |
| 16 | It was impossible to hurry but they moved at a steady pace , pausing seldom . |
| 17 | The poles can not be shown because they lie at infinity . |
| 18 | Which incidentally you can clean as they hang at the window . |
| 19 | An ambiguously worded provision , patently lacking adequate means of enforcement , may be too slender a ground on which to anticipate that the courts would sanction a derogation from the ownership rights of the shareholders , lying as they do at the foundation of the legal model of the company . |
| 20 | Eyes which widened when they looked at Sabine , then became opaque — blank . |
| 21 | I would erm suggest that they go at Swindon to see how it 's done . |
| 22 | On one occasion , when time had been scheduled in a departmental meeting for discussion of my questions , ten out of twelve members of staff present indicated that they had at one time or another received complaints from girls ( usually in the third or fourth year ) about the male bias of their overall literary ‘ diet ’ . |
| 23 | According to Bernard Asbell , author of The Book Of You , wedded couples do n't feel the need to look into each other 's eyes when they are speaking because they feel at ease with each other . |
| 24 | Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square . |
| 25 | International referee Derek Bevan , who handled the World Cup final , agreed with Kirkpatrick , citing another area where law changes have had negative consequences : ‘ When the ball is fielded following a high kick from the attacking side the chasing forwards can close in and circle the catcher provided that they remain at a distance of 10 metres . |
| 26 | Provided that they have at least £2,000 per week to spend on their pleasure . |
| 27 | Provided that they have at least one year 's service with the University by the expected date of birth , women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full pay , followed by up to 22 weeks unpaid maternity leave . |
| 28 | TEAM Components Bureau , having secured their first Scottish women 's league title last weekend , are keen to ensure that they remain at the top . |
| 29 | Refrigerated display cabinets are micro-processor controlled to ensure that they run at exactly the correct temperature — cold enough to preserve food properly , not so cold that they waste energy . |
| 30 | Can I just finally say that the whole import of the orders is to ensure that they look at the criteria of authorisation , they are concerned with the authorisation of firms which take public deposits and investments and when that is brought into question , when there is evidence to suggest that those criteria are not being adequately med it must be right to impose a non costly duty on the auditors to bring that about , that is what these orders do tonight , I think they 're an extremely welcome addition to the stable of measures of regulation and they will improve materially depositor protection . |