Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A better buy at Boots |
| 2 | The economic climate now seems to affect art as well as the market : susceptible collectors will jump at Alfred Sisley 's ‘ Rue de village — temps gris ’ ( est. $700–900,000 ; £405–525,000 ) . |
| 3 | Gary Kildall , whose Digital Research created the CP/M operating system for the first generation of personal computers , did not jump at IBM 's offer . |
| 4 | I 'd listened to my father when he told me how to act with the top players , and there was n't a blade of grass I did n't know at St Andrews . |
| 5 | Who do we know at Clwyd ? |
| 6 | 20 years ago TV 'S Second Generation dance troupe were on stage at Darlington Civic Theatre while radio 's Mrs Dale , Jessie Matthews , was appearing in the Emlyn Williams thriller Night Must Fall at York Theatre Royal . |
| 7 | Welsh dairy farmer Sirrell Griffiths is hoping enough rain will fall at Kempton Park before Boxing Day to allow his former point-to-pointer Norton 's Coin to take on Desert Orchid in the King George VI Rank Chase . |
| 8 | Gloucester have n't escaped relegation yet but they should be well on their way to safety if they can win at Kingsholm this weekend |
| 9 | For some of us , the desire to see our team win at Wembley , or become league champions , or gain promotion from Division Three , is the only consistent ambition we have every held . |
| 10 | As for the second , in my own opinion neither Upper Gumtree nor Flokati will win at Winnipeg because Mercer Lorrimore is shipping his great horse premiere by horse-van . ’ |
| 11 | Then Nottingham learned that Rugby had indeed beaten Harlequins so now the Beeston club have to draw or win at Orrell in their last match on April 25 and Rugby have to lose at Leicester . |
| 12 | So when the young pros say to Arnold , ‘ Did you ever win at St Andrews ? ’ , he 'll say , ‘ No , but I feel as though I did . |
| 13 | ‘ Your readers might wonder how he could win at Ripon after finishing down the field when Lester Piggott rode him at York , but there was nothing sinister about it . |
| 14 | ‘ We shall bait at Inver inn and I shall cross the ferry for fresh horses . |
| 15 | Might jeer at Strephon 's scarlet Feather ; |
| 16 | After giving Lamb directions to the farm and explaining that he would lodge at Bert Weald 's cottage , Jonadab and George turned away . |
| 17 | Carlos told her he would wait at Camp IV while she attempted the summit , which he did until midday on the 13th , when he descended to Camp II at 6,800 metres . |
| 18 | I note that you suggest buses should wait at Livingston South station , thus permitting residents of Murieston an opportunity to change from trains from Edinburgh onto the services 304/306 . |
| 19 | Brien fitzCount did n't even glance at Isabel . |
| 20 | He did n't even glance at Juliet , but began the examination and the questions . |
| 21 | Sir Douglas Hague did n't study at Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 22 | Although the evidence for Lothar 's having studied under Huguccio is far from conclusive , the overwhelming weight of the pope 's own utterances , turn of mind and passionate interest in law seem to endorse the statement of the Gesta that he did indeed study at Bologna . |
| 23 | In sum , it remains extremely likely in view of the pope 's keen interest in the law that Lothar did study at Bologna . |
| 24 | Nadia , Lynlea , and three other Canadian pupils formed the first group of exchangers , and three St Mary 's pupils are expected to board and study at Collingwood School later this year . |
| 25 | The fund will create graduate study fellowships and student travel , enable specialists from Korea to teach or speak at Harvard , and help permit the museum to publish and research the collection . |
| 26 | By Colin Gibson Liverpool 2 Wimbledon 3 MAYBE it was predictable that at the end of a week of distractions for Liverpool , Wimbledon should benefit at Anfield last night . |
| 27 | The exuberance that Minton helped generate at Camberwell was related to a deeper excitement animating the whole school . |
| 28 | DO N'T scoff at Skodas , they 're having the last laugh . |
| 29 | I regret if this remark has misled Mr Blair or you to think that I could preach at Kildalton as a Candidate . |
| 30 | Does not this short exchange at Dunvegan account fully for Boswell 's never-ending flattery of Johnson ? |