Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the island of Rhum for example , there was talk of introducing a pack of timber wolves when sufficient tree cover to support them was achieved at the end of an extensive planting programme by the Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 2 | But they are the exceptions and it has to be stressed we are looking at the patient in a wider context . |
| 3 | Only 1 man in 5 had planned the occasion , for 17% it was a one-night stand , for 13% it happened at a party , while 11% say they were drunk at the time . |
| 4 | Labelled DNA fragments were prepared by digestion with Hin dIII , labelled with α-[ 32 P ] dATP using reverse transcriptase and cut again with either Eco R1 or Sac I. Since the insert A 9 GCT 9 contains an internal Hin dIII site it was labelled at the Eco R1 end followed by cutting with Pst I. The labelled fragments of interest were separated from the remainder of the plasmid on 7% polyacrylamide gels . |
| 5 | So if it is happening at club level you can guarantee it is happening at the top . |
| 6 | " Now , I do n't want to know what was discussed at the meeting ; if I did I could find that out easily enough . |
| 7 | John , we do n't know what 's happening at the moment , he 's , we 're not , we 're not at all sure . |
| 8 | I do n't know what was said at the relief office but when Dad came back he just threw the ration card on the table in disgust . |
| 9 | We did n't know what was happening at the time , we thought he was choking . |
| 10 | Though never a gourmet , I appreciated also the food at Ika 's home , as I found what was provided at the Cité Universitaire almost inedible , even accustomed as we in Britain were to such unappetising fare as powdered egg and cakes baked with liquid paraffin . |
| 11 | I think it is because he accepts what is said at the third stage , the eleven and twelve-year-olds , as giving the truth of the matter . |
| 12 | He 's got a , they 're all talking about me , he says they 're listening at the walls or standing in the clossies |
| 13 | There 'll be twenty people at least who could swear he was working at the time . |
| 14 | Then he realised who was standing at the top of the steps , and ducked behind the table a mere shaving of time before a short black dart sped across the room and thunked into the woodwork . |
| 15 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 16 | What concerns me is looking at the and trying to forge new creative links with other organisations , statutory and voluntary , in the best health interests of Oxfordshire residents . |
| 17 | Beasant has been to hell and back since he was publicly blamed by manager Ian Porterfield for Saturday 's 3-2 home defeat by Norwich , and was told he was finished at the club . |
| 18 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 19 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 20 | With the nervous worry comes the loneliness : ‘ The house is quiet as the grave ’ , and the fear of the future : ‘ Though we have registered we are told at the American consulate it may last [ take ] years until we get the possibility of emigrating , the quota being overcharged . ’ |
| 21 | know who 's working at the Co-Op ? |
| 22 | I know you 're chafing at the bit , but we do n't want to risk a third bleed from that low-lying placenta . ’ |
| 23 | But he sensed she was standing at the door looking at him . |
| 24 | True to form we were disqualified at the first change-over between David and me . |
| 25 | You may think they were tainted , but we know they were tested at the priory and I doubt the Lady Eleanor would have taken them solely on the Prince 's word . ’ |
| 26 | The updating of all " persons ' files will remain a central responsibility to ensure they are kept at the same point in time . |
| 27 | The long and the short of it is , her father owns the two shops — I suppose they 're joined at the back — and she was standing in for her father . |
| 28 | ‘ But with your good friend and benefactor , Monsieur Amaury de Craon , who had sent you a secret message saying he was staying at the palace ! |
| 29 | I believe he was found at the bottom of the same cliff . |
| 30 | In my experience , the only occasions when I have stalled unexpectedly and known what was happening at the time , have been in very fierce stubble fires and dust devils . |