Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , where labour is either particularly demanding or is not in itself particularly fulfilling or interesting one could reasonably say it is in the interests of the workers concerned to work short hours and/or work at a relatively low intensity of labour . |
| 2 | Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures . |
| 3 | They were large animals that lived at the same time as the forerunners of the dinosaurs , the petrolacosaurs . |
| 4 | His strong face , lined by age and illness , framed a pair of kindly eyes that softened at the sight of her . |
| 5 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 6 | Although the computer has a hyphenation dictionary ( it knows how to split words that come at the end of a line ) , a skilled composer can usually do a better job . |
| 7 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 9 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 10 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 11 | ‘ Just a case of first-night nerves , ’ I mutter , unlocking my legs and grasping at the steaming mug.Ruthie Henshall opens tonight in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre , London . |
| 12 | I saw women dealing with having kids and working at the same time and the kids were happy because of the closeness with their mother . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 14 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 15 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 16 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 17 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 18 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 19 | Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs . |
| 20 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 21 | Its many alterations and additions reflect in stone and brick , the looms and busts at the woollen industry . |
| 22 | These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head . |
| 23 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 24 | The old English folksong demonstrates that they could often be sinister in their intent , waylaying passers-by and snatching at the wind with skinny , white hands : |
| 25 | Zak raised his eyes vaguely in my direction but it would have been tactless to disrupt the thoughts behind them , so I pressed on forward , traversing the dayniter and the sleeping cars and arriving at the forward dome car . |
| 26 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 27 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 28 | She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support . |
| 29 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 30 | Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs . |