Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's had a blood leakage into the vitreous humour , ’ Belinda explained unnecessarily , her heart thudding at the sight of him . |
| 2 | South Uist in sunshine in March is not common but the visual beauty is hard to beat and Lochboisdale Branch situated at the waters edge looked in as good fettle as I have ever seen it . |
| 3 | Throughout the Johannesburg commuter system , all station platforms were divided in half , for Whites and non-Whites respectively , and the trains were similarly divided so that the appropriate part stopped at the relevant stretch of platform . |
| 4 | Paige said quickly , heart thumping at the very idea . |
| 5 | Given basic ability , equality of opportunity to borrow at the market rate of interest to invest in your human capital so as to secure a future return makes observed income inequality a matter of individual choice . |
| 6 | Her hair parted at the centre and scraped back in a pony tail , Mara was there as usual , fussing over her regulars , but still the very soul of discretion . |
| 7 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 8 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 9 | In the " fingerprinting " technique developed at the university 's Industrial Ecology Research Centre , concentrations of congeners are separated into 92 types . |
| 10 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the kind remarks at the beginning of his question . |
| 11 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 12 | A case heard at the Essex Forest Eyre in 1277 illustrates the conflict between municipal privileges and Forest jurisdictions . |
| 13 | The 1962 Planning Act upheld the right of any applicant to have their case heard at an oral hearing , but the 1976 Planning Act made this a discretionary matter for An Bord Pleanala to decide . |
| 14 | I learned of their decision colleagues last night on television when the Chairman announced at the U D M Conference , who are not involved in this issue at all , that three thousand redundancies of management and clerical staff were going to be made . |
| 15 | Also during this year Captain H.M. Williams was selected to command the 1 st Bucks team of sixty men , to compete for a prize offered by Lord Wantage for field firing at the Home Counties Brigade Camp at Churn , and of this team ( which won the competition ) thirty-two were Wolverton men . |
| 16 | With the skeg placed at the very back , there is also less chance of spin out . |
| 17 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 18 | I was just a bit stoned at the time and it all poured out … . |
| 19 | Roughly speaking , the quality is determined by location in the vineyard , which can be divided into bands : the most northerly band , elevated at a height of between 180 and 220 metres , comprises some of the finest grand cru slopes in all Champagne and represents about a third of Bouzy 's hectarage ; below this is a wide strip situated at a height of between 160 and 180 metres which , in my estimation , should hold the rank of a top premier cru ; the lowest band , at about 170 metres , runs around the flat northern edge of the village and produces vines of a markedly inferior quality . |
| 20 | The variables which are most highly correlated with estimated risk are the subjective risk rating given at the same time ( r=0.512 ) and average traffic flow as recorded by Cambridgeshire County Council ( r=0.398 , see Appendix 1 ) . |
| 21 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 22 | If the contra operation worked , Central America would be saved for democracy and Communism stopped at the doorstep of the United States . |
| 23 | ‘ How many more of you are- ’ he broke off with a stifled gasp as a hand clutched the skin exposed at the side of his neck by his wide and unbuttoned collar , and he folded to the ground . |
| 24 | Mrs Simmons drives to town each Saturday afternoon to shop at the market . |
| 25 | Perhaps the Private Eye story hinting at a takeover of Barts by a private concern is not as farfetched as Tony Delamothe suggests . |
| 26 | Some women wore a cloak fastened at the shoulder or breast , and some gathered clothing in at the waist with a girdle , usually secured with a buckle . |
| 27 | Henry Fielding , whose sister lived at a cottage now called Widcombe Lodge , knew the Bennets well . |
| 28 | Later that day , after many interviews with ladies who looked as if they 'd come straight from an enthralling hour knitting at the foot of the guillotine , we found our garret . |
| 29 | He estimates that an executive sous-chef working in a top London restaurant or hotel would be earning between £25,000 and £27,000 , whereas a head chef in contract catering at a director 's dining room , for example , would be doing very well to earn £20,000 . |
| 30 | ‘ The Bradys do n't have that much money to scatter at the Royal Hotel . ’ |