Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern veterinary surgeon does not see nearly as many cases of distemper as we used to , simply because most people immunize their puppies at the earliest possible moment . |
| 2 | Racing cyclists generally like to meet their fans at the beginning of a stage , but do n't ask for autographs today . |
| 3 | In addition , the GEMMs , IDBs and SEMBs report their positions at the close of each day to the Bank of England , which analyses them and provides a risk assessment by the next day , although the Bank also takes other broad factors into consideration for its supervisory functions . |
| 4 | And they started keeping their clothes at the pit . |
| 5 | However , Fleischmann and Pons were announcing their results at the press conference before they had told any of their scientific colleagues . |
| 6 | It is almost always difficult to discover how these men built their fortunes at the beginning , because they leave no significant mark in the records until they have already made some mark in society . |
| 7 | Although they did n't know their names at the time , they spotted Dominic Wetherby and the American boy , Lee Horan , going into the public bar , but no-one suggested that the two parties should join up . |
| 8 | The couple worked at the same tasks as their staff , they dressed in the same way , educated their children at the same schools and ate in the same canteen . |
| 9 | Harper had been right , they had merely been changing their aim , and now the French gunners concentrated their shots at the centre of the field . |
| 10 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 11 | The discount houses would then be obliged to pay whatever level of interest was required to prevent banks ' demanding money at call , i.e. that rate of interest on call money which persuaded banks not to use this route to increase their balances at the Bank but to forgo instead their intention of increased lending . |
| 12 | De Candolle realized that all species have the potential to increase their numbers at the expense of rivals occupying the same territory . |
| 13 | Yesterday , illicit smokers were fined for taking a puff as the college was declared a no smoking zone , while more health-conscious students tried their hands at the Clacton Olympics . |
| 14 | Hand-loom weaving has always been considered a male artisan activity , with the concession that wives from time to time might assist their husbands at the cottage loom . |
| 15 | Cuts in the defence industry have already seen more than three thousand people lose their jobs at the Dowty Group and Smiths Industries in Gloucestershire over the alst three years . |
| 16 | With companies in Hereford shedding staff in the recession , the outlook for those who lose their jobs at the RAF base is bleak . |
| 17 | Bernice and Defries were lying on the floor , edging backwards while firing their blasters at the black-robed androids . |
| 18 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 19 | The two rabbits went up to the board at a hopping run and crouched in a patch of nettles on the far side , wrinkling their noses at the smell of a dead cigarette-end somewhere in the grass . |
| 20 | The workers made their comments at the tenth anniversary conference of the Association of Black Social Workers and Allied Professions held last week in London . |
| 21 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 22 | Why is there a shortage of money for our teams and travelling coaches , or is it simply that the LTA 's overpaid employees are anxious to preserve their lifestyles at the expense of British tennis ? |
| 23 | Hundreds more Herefordians are expected to risk their morals at the first show in the city early next month . |
| 24 | By the end of the century , use of drugs in cases of terminal illness was more common ; but many would have shaken their heads at the thought of patients dying drugged , as is the norm today . |
| 25 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
| 26 | But shareholders can still make their investment work for them — by filling their trolleys at the right superstores this weekend . |
| 27 | Mr Patrick McIntyre , a South London publican and former New Scotland Yard detective who wrote a regular crime column for the South London Chronicle , was another who cast doubt on the Hooligan panic , accusing newspapers of being in their ‘ silly season ’ and of taking the matter up merely ‘ as a suitable and sensational means of filling their columns at the present moment ’ . |
| 28 | The women of the other crofts were already at the burn , filling their pails at the freezing cold stream . |
| 29 | Current models of collaborative research assume that companies pool their resources at the pre-competitive R&D phase and the apply results individually in a competitive environment . |
| 30 | Sure enough , they dropped their sticks at the same moment and ran across to the downriver side of the bridge to watch for the winner . |