Example sentences of "they [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did you think they lacked at the time ? |
| 2 | If they failed at the game , Camazotz would swiftly behead them , and their spirits appeared as stars in the eastern sky . |
| 3 | Cramlington illustrates real issues , in particular the extensive development gains made by the private developers on land they owned at the beginning of the whole process . |
| 4 | And he took two boards and fitted them to the body , one to the breast and the other to the shoulders ; these were so hollowed out and fitted that they met at the sides and under the arms , and the hind one came up to the pole , and the other up to the beard ; and these boards were fastened into the saddle , so that the body could not move . |
| 5 | They met at the Bab es Zuweyla , one of the old gates of Cairo , now the centre of the native city . |
| 6 | He had been fifteen years her senior when they met at the church door but he had been slimmer then , fleet as a greyhound , a veritable Hector on the battlefield and a Paris in the bedchamber . |
| 7 | Together they gazed at the family portraits and Miss Hatherby pointed out the niceties of her forefathers ' dress — ‘ Folk would literally kill for shoe buckles of that quality . |
| 8 | Young men and women , not so young men and women , wended their way across Cambridge to sit for an hour with Esther Breuer , sipping coffee , tea , or , if they were favoured , vermouth or wine , as they gazed at the red-draped walls , the crowded bookshelves , the umbrella stand , the hatstand , the cabin trunk , the medley of different-patterned fabrics , the little figurines that marched along the shelves in front of the books , the carefully assembled strip of photographed Roman frieze , the little glass doves in front of the tiny mosaic fountain . |
| 9 | TEAM Components Bureau , having secured their first Scottish women 's league title last weekend , are keen to ensure that they remain at the top . |
| 10 | They loitered at the front of the house , at the garden corner , sharp angle of white stone , and scowled at one another . |
| 11 | They grin at the idea , crinkling their noses in mock distaste , suggesting that the monastic life holds no attraction for them . |
| 12 | Thus , while trade unionists wished old people to be kept at a level of economic decency , they realized at the same time that pensions without a retirement condition would erode the wage structure and weaken trade union bargaining . |
| 13 | However , they agreed at the last moment to participate . |
| 14 | In a significant move forward towards the establishment of a non-racial democracy , they agreed at the end of three days of talks in Cape Town to take a common stand on two important issues when multi-party constitutional talks resume : power sharing in a future democratic system and regional government . |
| 15 | They checked at the girl 's school and whether the man was known to police . |
| 16 | They led at the interval by one goal to nil , that was thanks to an Andy Thomas goal , following a cross from Neil Waters . |
| 17 | Isabelle says part of the reason for her previous reluctance to speak of their personal life is the rough handling they experienced at the hands of the French press , with their sarcastic digs at Eric 's love of painting and poetry . |
| 18 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 19 | No doubt they sit at the table , plotting and planning , making arrangements . |
| 20 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 21 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 22 | Did n't they stay at the flat ? |
| 23 | Mrs St Albyn had before long heard the unpleasant rumours concerning the new tenants at Alfoxden , and ordered , in spite of Tom Poole 's intercession , that on no account should they remain at the mansion beyond the following midsummer . |
| 24 | They registered at the desk . |
| 25 | But they swarm at the windows in such numbers they black out the light and the air . |
| 26 | They tear at the patterns on one another 's fins . |
| 27 | These guys do n't blow women away ( in fact they flinch at the sight of guns ) but they exclude the opposite sex from their inner life . |
| 28 | ‘ And if they flinch at the sight of the salt , there are persuasions I can use . ’ |
| 29 | The pictures in the book are a useful stimulus because they hint at the disasters and yet allow the children to flesh out the world of the carpenters , the gardeners , the cooks , the soldiers , the furniture makers ( perhaps using small pieces of fabric to indicate who they are ) . |
| 30 | They stopped at the modern bungalow that was the home and office of the local police constable . |