Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , more than that , it made them feel involved at last . |
| 2 | They 'd snapped at one another before — more often than not , Melissa recalled , over the involvement of one with a man considered unsuitable by the other — but any irritation had always been short-lived and apologies barely necessary . |
| 3 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 4 | When we , we using B H C vaccine in eigh er , late seventies , early eighties , erm , that caused problems because we had residues left in the meat , and the French amongst others found it as well , so there were , there were problems there , and the Ministry went over to organo-phos or to organo-phosphorus dips , they were the only alternative that they 'd got at that er , time . |
| 5 | So the net earnings of the of the office , coming back to nineteen ninety , ninety one , er were fifteen million , they 've dropped to fourteen point four million in ninety one , ninety two and hopefully this year , they 've steadied at that and maybe will increase a small amount to fourteen point six million . |
| 6 | Well a comment really , I was sitting browsing at Blackwell 's sale , and they 've got at half price , a beautiful book I was skimming through , with photographs of Victorian fashion , if you 're interested |
| 7 | Sometimes they wo n't , intuitive people ca n't actually tell you exactly how they 've arrived at this perception , they 've just got it . |
| 8 | They 're the only sweetpea growers in the country asked to show at Chelsea ; the high standard of their flowers reflected in the 3 gold medals they 've won at past shows . |
| 9 | Is the stuff they write censored/moderated at all ? |
| 10 | They had stared at each other without speaking for a moment , and then she said , ‘ She deserves a five-shilling Christmas Box . ’ |
| 11 | They were also rooted in the past and in the nature of things — in the past , through the gifts of land , relics , and rights which they had received at various times ; in the nature of things through the physical separation of the British Isles from the rest of the world as an alter orbis . |
| 12 | Li Yuan hesitated , then , composing himself , he began , itemising the discoveries they had made at various SimFic establishments : discoveries which had broken the Edict . |
| 13 | I had a relatively easy morning , joining James and Cathy Lane once the 409 litres ( 90gal ) of Friesian milk was in the vat in the dairy at 7.30am ( they had risen at 5.30 to do the milking ) . |
| 14 | They had stood at one set all , but Hammond held two service breaks in the third . |
| 15 | WHEN HE saw his hands in the light he flinched , and held them away from him , to avoid letting them touch any other part of his person or habit , for the right was engrained with drying blood across the palm and between the fingers , and the fingers of the left were dabbled at the tips , as if they had felt at stained clothing . |
| 16 | The exposition of the convergence thesis also points to the fact that countries which are alike in other respects would be expected to develop significant differences in their industrial relations if they had industrialised at different historical periods . |
| 17 | For example , in what was a most influential study at the time , Robert Sears , Eleanor Maccoby and Harry Levin obtained reports from the mothers of 379 5 year olds on the rearing practices they had adopted at various phases of their children 's lives . |
| 18 | Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio . |
| 19 | They had looked at each other , disconcerted at this apparent lack of liaison , but McLeish had been reassuring : very natural that they had n't compared notes , extremely useful that he now knew how long the car had been there . |
| 20 | It had been gentle , a sweet , surprised discovering , and they had looked at each other shyly afterwards , unable to speak . |
| 21 | Even so , quick set hedges were planted on either side of these roads to fence them in , where formerly they had wandered at large . |
| 22 | They had woken at eight , and he had made tea and toast for both of them . |
| 23 | This is an extension of the scene they had directed at 2 , but they were now all in it . |
| 24 | Little knots of people stood about eyeing each other with an air of wondering why they had come at all . |
| 25 | They lit the candles they had brought and made their way along a passage which led out of the chamber , gazing wordlessly — he could n't remember that they had spoken at all while in there — at the arched limestone walls , at the tunnels that from time to time branched from this central artery , once into a wide gallery whose egress had been blocked by a fall of stone . |
| 26 | Generally there should be some question which asks pupils to synthesise the data they have gathered at different parts of the site . |
| 27 | NEIL Kinnock and the party he leads are looking better than they have done at any time since he took office in 1983 . |
| 28 | The ideological differences which have emerged no matter how defined by warring factions , are nevertheless traceable , in general , to the differing responses which they have made at those times in their histories when the need to make the decision became manifest . |
| 29 | The wall running up to the skyline beyond Middle Washfold points the way to the summit of Ingleborough and is the route usually followed by Three Peaks walkers , but others not committed to this arduous marathon , especially if inspired by what they have seen at Great Douk and Middle Washfold , may wish to linger on the easy ground below the steepening slopes . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr and Mrs Gould are now in the Colony ’ proclaimed the Hobart Town Courier , ‘ to which they have come at great expense and sacrifice of comfort , purely with the view of making this work [ Birds of Australia ] still more valuable by taking their drawings from living specimens . |