Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Soviet efforts to minimize the impact of his resignation internationally included a Congress resolution passed overwhelmingly at the end of the debate affirming the continuity of foreign policy .
2 They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted .
3 The Clapis area is reached by taking the road to the Col du Cayron , just before Gigondas , then a forestry road which goes right at the col and contours round the hill .
4 For comparison , omeprazole given subcutaneously at a dose of 30 mg/kg resulted in almost complete inhibition of acid output ( 12 ( 2 ) µmol/30 minutes ) and pepsin output ( 0.15 ( 0.04 ) mg/30 minutes ) .
5 Michael Banks it always was who gazed grimly at the enemy submarine from the bridge , Michael Banks who ignored the smoke pouring from his Spitfire 's engine as he trained his sights on the alien Messerschmidt .
6 The good thing about cruises is that you always have the ship 's staff to help you if you have a problem and there are always guided tours laid on at every port of call .
7 This is of flannel : the round part is plaited up to form the front , and a quilling of the bordering put on , a band of the same laid on at the back , and strings . ’
8 The lectures laid on at the Sorbonne were of an abysmal simplicity , and given by lecturers who grossly though understandably underestimated their audience : they bored her as she had not been bored by work for years .
9 Maid service can normally be arranged locally at a supplement .
10 She really has been treated badly at the Reeds .
11 Well , you could have put that scene he made on at a theatre in the West End and charged for tickets , I reckon .
12 Situated right at the heart of the bustling seafront at Forte dei Marmi , this hotel is a good choice for those who enjoy a lively convivial holiday .
13 Remember Ah asked ye to go slowly at the start ?
14 But I am still going to sit right at the back of the aeroplane away from you !
15 They checked right at the start of the inquiry .
16 ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm .
17 That 's where all the official entertaining goes on at the regatta — just to give you an idea of the scale of it , they 'll be putting away 50,000 pints of Pimm 's , 6,000 bottles of champagne and 3,000 pounds of strawbnerries .
18 I 've never been able to find out what goes on at the ceremony , but , from what I 've heard , there is more to it than rolling up your trouser-leg .
19 I can see why nuns wear white when they take the veil , but when you think of the way everyone goes on at the prospect of the wedding night innocence is the last thing on anyone 's mind . ’
20 He stood by the fireplace , gazing despairingly at the mouthpiece of the telephone .
21 Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit .
22 Wriggling in our seats we gazed dumbly at the teacher , as dogs will whose owner is eating a slice of cake ( Miss !
23 Settling himself in one of the big , shabby armchairs , Tug gazed suspiciously at the television screen and waited for a picture to appear .
24 So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force .
25 The taxi had stopped eventually at a crossroads in a suburb , and the target had paid it off and walked straight to a man who waited on the pavement .
26 It was agreed Somerville and McCrea would stay on at the apartment in case Quinn called in .
27 Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ?
28 He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate .
29 It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about .
30 There are no relations of power without resistances ; the latter are all the more real and effective because they are formed right at the point where relations of power are exercised ; resistance to power does not have to come from elsewhere to be real , nor is it inexorably frustrated through being the compatriot of power .
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