Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A RECORD number of 16-year-olds will stay on at schools and colleges next month — but for many it is simply a way of avoiding the dole queue . |
| 2 | ‘ The first time ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ I poured half a tin of Golden Syrup on to the seat of the chair the Trunchbull was going to sit on at prayers . |
| 3 | C. P. Snow I met only at feasts at Churchill College , where he was a Fellow . |
| 4 | If you want her , you can fight for her and win her fair and square , and no more sneaking in at doors before honest men are out of their beds . |
| 5 | Wade John Frankum , 33 , hacked a 15 year-old girl to death with a machete before rampaging through the shopping complex firing randomly at bystanders . |
| 6 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the courtyard below , busy with ambulances and patients clutching appointment cards as they peered hesitatingly at signs pointing the way to Casualty and X-ray and Outpatients , with the birdlike figures of caped nurses changing shifts , and the white coats of housemen hustling importantly from ward block to ward block . |
| 7 | Even if you only cook properly at weekends , it is something , and you must not neglect your health by eating processed foods all the time or by skipping meals altogether . |
| 8 | Industry sources say the company is likely to adopt the same marketing strategy as in the US , where its range of domestic batteries are targeted predominantly at women . |
| 9 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 10 | the pupils ' performance in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 11 | This is the only court of appeal for cases tried by the military court , and looks only at points of law and not at facts and findings , thus providing a restricted appeal . |
| 12 | The pond is virtually sterile except for algal mats which grow only at points about its edges where fresh water is available ( Harris et al . , |
| 13 | The human eye and brain can produce generalizations such as ‘ in this particular area , pine trees grow only at heights greater than 90 metres above sea-level ’ . |
| 14 | They used to go off painting together at week-ends , often in Burger 's boat , and they spent quite long holidays abroad . |
| 15 | And she knows that the secret of laughter is shared experience — laughing together at disasters and embarrassments that can happen to us all . |
| 16 | Granddaughter was born on , and weighed in at 7lbs 13 oz . |
| 17 | The arts professional development teachers of the one LEA in the sample which had a cross-curriculum team looked enviously at colleagues in other curriculum areas who had national associations where they could meet to exchange curriculum and strategic information . |
| 18 | He shouts especially at Pyjamas , who skulks off for a broom . |
| 19 | TWO dozen people are grunting , straining and tearing away at heads and arms — watched by another member of the Judo Club . |
| 20 | ‘ Is this where I make the noble suggestion of keeping away at weekends to leave you free to sail as much as you want ? ’ he demanded . |
| 21 | This was especially the case in B , where staff were considered unapproachable , and where students were expected to work individually at labs : |
| 22 | When buying leather corals , the main thing to check is that there are no bacterial infections , which appear generally at sites of mechanical damage , as areas of greyish slime . |
| 23 | A twenty-three year old woman has been accused of causing the death of another woman by driving dangerously at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour with her one-year-old daughter on her lap . |
| 24 | John 's father had told him vague stories about a grandfather who was said to have spent his time in mysterious pursuits of his own , returning home at intervals to sire another child before disappearing again . |
| 25 | Memory clearly plays some role at all levels of the driving task , however , there is relatively little research which looks directly at drivers ’ memories for driving situations . |
| 26 | Studies of this type usually focus on general elections alone , but this one looks also at by-elections and at the change between them . |
| 27 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
| 28 | Edinburgh , Scotland-based 3L Ltd intends to convert its parallel C compiler technology for Digital Equipment Corp 's Alpha AXP processor architecture : Parallel C/AXP will enable developers to create parallel processing software for board and system level Alpha hardware from both DEC and OEM manufacturers ; it will be targeted both at systems integrators building top-end embedded systems , and the personal supercomputer market ; existing 3L parallel C users will also be able to migrate to Alpha systems by simply recompiling applications . |
| 29 | It will be targeted both at systems integrators building top-end embedded systems , and the personal supercomputer market . |
| 30 | True , he gets himself so wound up at times that he ca n't help himself . |