Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [verb] [be] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a simple , self-contained operation that protects the environment efficiently , and brings benefits to all parties involved not least those in the community who have been at risk from inadequate or illegal disposal of used hypodermic needles and other hazardous waste . |
| 2 | Comments from a teacher who had been at the school for two years added credence to the points raised in the above dialogues stating that there is ‘ racism ’ amongst staff within the school : |
| 3 | But he gets the best : the person who provides the real thing ( a contribution to profitability ) , the person who 's been at the sharp end and actually cut a profit from the edge . |
| 4 | The troughs are realising you have forgotten something you learned right at the beginning , finding out you have been saying ‘ taste ’ instead of ‘ try ’ for six months , falling asleep over vocabulary , believing you are ready to understand speeches without help and discovering you are not , being corrected by another non-native speaker who has been at it the same time as you , and taking an hour to tell a Lada joke . |
| 5 | On the other hand , any artist who has been at the game long enough will have developed preferences for certain kinds of subject matter , for example Degas ' dancing girls , Céanne 's mountain , or Connard 's bathroom . |
| 6 | It was the slumber of a man who had been at his cups for some considerable time . |
| 7 | A MAN who has been at the centre of planning in North East Wales for more than 30 years will retire this month from public office , and turn his attention to private consultancy . |
| 8 | The man who had opened the emergency door identified himself as the co-pilot and informed them that the pilot who had been at the controls had been knocked unconscious at the moment of impact and was badly injured . |
| 9 | The Portuguese took an action against Clerke in the High Court of Admiralty , supported by testimonies from an English ship 's master who had been at Fermeuse , though no conclusion to the action has been found . |
| 10 | The baskets measure an ample 15 inches by 13 inches , and 10 inches to the top of the handle , and are hand-made in Somerset by P H Coate and Son who have been at it for a century and a half . |