Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 61 | If the offer or approach is not made by the ultimate offeror or potential offeror , then Rule 1(b) requires that his identity be disclosed at the outset . |
| 62 | The Airtours document asks why a £6.5 million contingent liability was not disclosed at the time Owners unveiled its preliminary results , and draws attention to its rival 's low distributable reserves as a possible reason . |
| 63 | She strained at the walls , but could n't project her consciousness beyond them . |
| 64 | The human growled behind its gag and strained at the wires . |
| 65 | The animal , alarmed by such rapid movement , now sprang to his full height , his great unsheathed paws beating the air as he strained at the massive steel collar around his neck . |
| 66 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 67 | These were that the maximum speed of flights was to be reduced from 835 kmph to 778 kmph and that the amount of time permitted at the lowest level of 75 metres was to be cut from 28 to 15 minutes , with the rest of the flight being made at no lower than 150 metres . |
| 68 | However , as it was impossible to know whether it was blow one or blow ten ( the maximum number permitted at the moment ) which drew the blood on Roy 's Dream , it did serve to underline that though the Jockey Club may be moving in the right direction , its pace of reform is still too slow , leaving it too open to criticism . |
| 69 | Robert , reserves boss at the Oval for the previous six years , will be a hard act to follow , winning the league four times , including last season . |
| 70 | ‘ When he reported your sister missing ‘ ’ McLeish confirmed , leaping at the opening . |
| 71 | The dog , leaping at the wire , snarling its frustration , frightened him . |
| 72 | Her heart went out to Antoinette Gebrec , as yet happily ignorant of the fate of her son , and to Philippe Bonard , whose long-cherished dream had turned to a nightmare , while the man they both loved was lying in a broken , bloody heap at the foot of the cliff . |
| 73 | The Scottish Nationalists suffered a further setback when one of their leading figures , Mr James Sillars , was ousted from Glasgow Govan , which he had won at a by-election . |
| 74 | The official go-ahead from X100 , won at a meeting of Ford and Jaguar company chief company chiefs in Coventry late in October , has sent an unprecedented wave of optimism and excitement through Jaguar 's Browns Lane headquarters . |
| 75 | The only medal we had ever won at a major championship since 1978 was the bronze we had gained at Stuttgart in the European . |
| 76 | And to top all of this , there will be competitions galore , with terrific holidays , goods and equipment to be won at a number of stands . |
| 77 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 78 | Though Alner has failed to finish on both occasions he has ridden Seven of Diamonds this season , the horse won at the two previous meetings on this afternoon 's course , when partnered by Malcolm Batters . |
| 79 | He has won the Tories a fourth consecutive term — unprecedented , won at the height of a recession — unprecedented too , and delivered the coup de grace to socialism . |
| 80 | However , for all the splendours of the Monument Valley scenery and Fonda 's tight-lipped moral integrity , there is a downside to his crusade , which is only won at the cost of the lives of two of his brothers and involves the death of Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ) , a noble outlaw who gets washed away by bullets and consumption along with the bad elements . |
| 81 | Even his new team-mate , the much-lamented François Cevert , won at the Glen in that car . |
| 82 | But championships are always won at the front — just ask Alex Ferguson at Manchester United . |
| 83 | As Doctor Who swung into production , envious eyes in the Children 's Department studied its apparently lavish costume and set provisions , distinctly convinced that the programme was being made with an inflated budget won at the expense of cutbacks in standard children 's output . |
| 84 | This was an heirloom from the time of King Alexander 1 ‘ Philhellene ’ as he was later called ; it was a prize won at the Argive Games to Hera ( SEG xxix 652 , cp. xi 330 = xxx 52 ) . |
| 85 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |
| 86 | Although the JSP increased its representation in the lower chamber by 53 seats and its share of the vote by more than 7 per cent , much of its success was won at the expense of the other opposition parties , all of which suffered a loss of support . |
| 87 | Inside the great marquee , Mattocks roses from Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire have impressed the judges with their display , winning them a gold medal — they 're not quite sure , but they think it 's the 20th they 've won at the show . |
| 88 | Gloucester have never won at the Recreation Ground … the league champions look invincible … but that 's when the Kingsholm men are at their best … when nobody gives them a hope … |
| 89 | The Conwy pairing of Gary Macara and Roy Williams won the last two holes to level the match and then won at the 19th after Flint had put their tee shot out of bounds . |
| 90 | Because much of the Scottish game revolves around ball won at the touchlines , extra attention will have to be paid to this facet of play . |