Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
| 2 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |
| 3 | It is one of the devious ways in which we all can behave at times . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps they are learning a little more about airmanship or the way they should behave at 40,000ft and above from the medical point of view . |
| 5 | In view of the possibility of recovery from the aircraft owner you should seek at intimation the advice of HO Home Claims & Support . |
| 6 | Monsieur de Levantiére decided that , as a reward for modelling , Constance could buy at cost two of the previous season 's models . |
| 7 | You can always buy at auction later . |
| 8 | Here you can buy at duty free prices all the usual items . |
| 9 | A better buy at Boots |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | View this as a system for setting up three-dimensional banks of text and graphics , between which the ‘ reader ’ can jump at will by pressing a special key when a highlight on screen shows there is a link to material on another layer . |
| 13 | He will let us know at lunchtime which foreigners will feature . |
| 14 | No , Saturday , well she 's got little jobs that she like 's to do you know at home |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Let us know at Health Works , 1 Virginia St , London EC1 9BS . |
| 17 | Who do we know at Clwyd ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The day before she 's due to leave hospital , Gillis Tate talks to her nurse about the care she 'll need at home . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | I 've got a lot on my mind : the state of the economy , interest rates , disarmament in the Warsaw Pact , lead in petrol , why nobody lets England win at cricket any more , does the Aids scare mean we 'll never have another vampire movie , are forty-eight satellite TV channels enough … ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | But we could go up even if we do n't win at Wolves , depending upon on other results . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you really imagine I 'd bellow at Finn in the street ? ’ she enquired . |
| 30 | ‘ We shall bait at Inver inn and I shall cross the ferry for fresh horses . |