Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 2 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 3 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 4 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 5 | A er twenty five watt lamp in the fridge is using it at a very low rate , it 's hardly using any electricity . |
| 6 | Part of the success is to sow them at the right time . |
| 7 | The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance . |
| 8 | Now as economists we should have strong prides about income in this model , we would all , we would expect income to be very important in explaining textile consumption although the model is telling us at the moment , income does n't seem to be significantly explained in textile consumption so that 's something to worry about , we 're getting some , er sort of peculiar results here . |
| 9 | The best way to test the quality of porridge is to throw it at the wall . |
| 10 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 11 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 12 | In the following text pages , each step is taken one at a time and ‘ what happened ’ and why is detailed . |
| 13 | ‘ The Dream is trying to stay together , but our input is expanding it at the seams . |
| 14 | So a three kilowatt fire is using it at a terrific rate , it 's running away with electricity . |