Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | This change in the law was forced on the government by the European Court of Justice which decided in favour of a woman who did not want to retire at 60 . |
| 3 | Then he looked up and said , ‘ Celia , you do n't want to remain at Brentwoods for ever , do you , to have our child turn to some third party for its emotional and creature comforts , to get the odd pat on the head from a parent at six o'clock of an evening ? |
| 4 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 5 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 6 | The probability is , that given equal weather , other conditions , and price , the average British holidaymaker would prefer to holiday at home : What we would have to do is extend that appeal to people abroad , by service , value and the many unique features which Britain had on offer . |
| 7 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 8 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 9 | It is understood , in any case , that Keegan would not want to work at St James 's Park with Sir John holding control in the boardroom . |
| 10 | He was so thin he looked like even the birds would n't want to peck at him . |
| 11 | You 'd want to know at once . ’ |
| 12 | Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows : |
| 13 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 14 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 15 | In contrast to these animals , many invertebrates do not need to accommodate at all . |
| 16 | Because brokers ' charges are high for small deals , you will need to invest at least £1000 in each . |
| 17 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 18 | ‘ Then I 'll need to work at it even harder than I am at the moment . ’ |
| 19 | The people who possessed the skills to make metal might not need to work at producing their own food — someone else could grow food for them . |
| 20 | For that to begin to come about , a challenger would need to attract at least 70 MPs to vote for him or abstain . |
| 21 | You 'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of a simple conveyancing matter in Appendix II . |
| 22 | Do you need to wee at all , Tim ? |
| 23 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 24 | If it is diatonic we may never need to modulate at all . |
| 25 | ‘ You would n't know to look at me now , ’ she 'd say , ‘ but I could hold them spellbound , the things I could do on that bike in a crash helmet and a pair of tights and a stars and stripes swimsuit . ’ |
| 26 | Cadéac , though you would never know to look at it , is in actuality a mini-spa , an example of the purely local spas you can find in the Pyrenees , whose reputation extends only through one valley and which attract as a consequence almost exclusively local people . |
| 27 | According to the draft rules , a candidate would need to win at least 200 out of 300 votes to secure election in the first round or in a second round five days later . |
| 28 | ‘ If such plans develop , we will need to look at the company 's existing share structure and a 1-for-1 capitalisation issue would seem appropriate . ’ |
| 29 | And it is the moment-to-moment tasks children engage in , that will be the focus for much of the observational assessment we shall need to look at next . |
| 30 | This would need to look at why we have a welfare service of ‘ being in care ’ , how this has developed historically , what routes are taken by children coming into care and the circumstances surrounding their entry . |