Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 31 | Encourage the patient to do the types of activities recommended for him , and try to prevent him from sitting idly , or gazing at the television . |
| 32 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |
| 33 | But in poor families , many youngsters spend Saturdays earning money or helping at home , which prevents them attending such classes . |
| 34 | Thus , a situation had arisen in which the goings on at Roscarrock Hall were ignored or winked at , and the family was left alone by the Justice of the Peace on the understanding that the fines were paid on time . |
| 35 | The subsequent reconciliation of the bourgeoisie to " the coming of democracy " owed much to the fact that these fears ( or hopes ) were not realized , or realized at best only in part . |
| 36 | Trent could n't see whether the track ran on to the quarry or stopped at the cabin . |
| 37 | Interestingly , almost a third of those exhibiting in the contemporary section , have either studied or taught at Goldsmiths ' College . |
| 38 | Win or lose at Glastonbury Town Hall , the inquiry will not be the end of the council 's dealings with Mr Sweet . |
| 39 | you read the Guinness Book of Records or watch ‘ Mastermind ’ on TV or ca n't do your children 's homework or lose at ‘ Trivial Pursuit ’ . |
| 40 | Brian , a cabbie for 25 years , could now face having his licence suspended or withdrawn at a tribunal . |
| 41 | The ‘ Effective Intervention ’ document says : ’ Parents should be informed or consulted at every stage of an investigation . |
| 42 | Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ? |
| 43 | There was nothing in the cast of her features to suggest that she had been alarmed or frightened at the moment of her death . |
| 44 | Further , many females who are alienated or marginalised at one stage of their lives are included at another , and vice versa . |
| 45 | One of the intriguing features of his account is that he seems to have heard or read at least one quotation in Greek from the Pentateuch . |
| 46 | In entertaining , begging , or hawking at stations they were making shift to use the railway as an inadequate substitute . |
| 47 | Alternatively , visit the shop and café-filled Europa Centre , go to the lovely Tiergarten or hoot at the chimps in one of Europe 's most famous zoos . |
| 48 | Verderers might also be removed from office on a report by the Justice of the Forest to the Chancery that they were incapacitated by old age or sickness , or occupied with other duties , or were insufficiently qualified in that they held no land within the forest and did not dwell there , or had committed or connived at trespasses of vert or venison , or had become a paid officer of the forest , or , in one case , had ‘ entered the priestly order ’ . |
| 49 | The fund managers have said that any investors who have suffered because they bought or sold at incorrect prices will be compensated . |
| 50 | A series of disasters involving public safety travelling or spectating at sports stadiums have occurred since 1985 . |
| 51 | ‘ Oh , Great-gran , I 'll either have to laugh at you or yell at you . |
| 52 | For instance , he might burst out laughing on being told of a tragedy , or cry at joyful news . |
| 53 | I want at the end erm , Chairman to give you my views of what is meant by er , an integrated and balanced community because I think that 's that 's quite important , but before I do that , I 'd like to mop up one or two er points right at the end in response to some of the contributions that have been made , and I 'll deal with them , Wincup , Curtis , Brook , er and Thomas , if that 's acceptable er to you , and really as far as Mr Wincup is concerned , he 's quite properly raised the issue of procedural issues about how the Greater York authorities is going to address moving towards er an agreed location , and quite clearly I 've got to reaffirm again that the County Council will want to look at both the greenbelt local plan report and your panel report before er it moves erm er forward or looks at any conclusions it may be moving to in the light of those er in the light of those reports , and quite clearly , as we all know , there are a number of options . |
| 54 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |
| 55 | Several thousand kilometres of fish netting is lost or discarded at sea annually . |
| 56 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 57 | Newens 's views were perhaps influenced by his contacts with Ceauşescu and he had written or edited at least three books about Ceauşescu : Nicolae Ceauşescu — the Man , His Ideas and the Achievements on the Road to Socialism ( which appeared in at least three editions between 1972 and 1978 to satisfy popular demand ) , Talking with Nicolae Ceauşescu , and Nicolae Ceauşescu — The Effort to Create a Modern Romania . |
| 58 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 59 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 60 | We have , for example , no quantified evidence of seafood-gathering or livestock-rearing at Mallia . |