Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cook needs room to get at the cooker , sink and cupboards without hindrance and to move around the kitchen comfortably . |
| 2 | Furphy , whose recent past included a spell in the United States , ( where a high flyer leisure executive delivered the ‘ amazing ’ one liner , which has stuck in his mind to this day ) is the hands on marketing man whose job it is to oversee the vast membership growth that is enabling Lloyd to expand at the rate of two clubs per year . |
| 3 | I think a top quality keeper should be a priority for any side that has ambitions to stay at the top . |
| 4 | Erm the process check list erm again they 've identified the people on each erm and within that they 've actually nominated people to look at the land ownership which is the , on the ignored with their rider on the previous sheet . |
| 5 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 6 | I started putting in more hours and sometimes found reason to sleep at the office , hoping I could sleep off this feeling of falling out of love . |
| 7 | The taxman ought to require companies to reveal at the end of each tax year how much each company car insured for private use has cost them in depreciation , insurance , servicing and fuel . |
| 8 | The hard men ride shoulder to shoulder at the front , trying to wear each other down : one jumps , another responds then jumps away himself . |
| 9 | Well it 's the only time we get chance to talk at the moment is n't it ? |
| 10 | You will just need to uudecode the following file called champs to get at the gif called leeds2.gif . |
| 11 | After only eight lessons Arlene asked Paula to wait at the end of class . |
| 12 | Referring to the latest spate of bombings , Mr Trimble urged Ministers to answer at the despatch box ‘ instead of their shameful silence , which demonstrates their ineptitude and incompetence . ’ |
| 13 | And as she raised her chilled , dripping face to look at the sky , the black clouds parted . |
| 14 | This may mean you will have time to spare at the airport before boarding your flight . |
| 15 | The meeting urged cadres to work at the frontline as " vanguard models " to demonstrate the " strong leadership provided by the superior socialist system " in triumphing over natural disasters . |
| 16 | During the Saturday morning rehearsal , with Beecham conducting the Vancouver Symphony , the players arranged in tiers from the podium to the back of the stage , a disquieting incident occurred : in the midst of a quiet passage in a Mozart divertimento the tympany player , one George W. Ball , accidentally dropped the cymbal , which rolled down with clanging crashes to rest at the conductor 's feet . |
| 17 | In 1710 financiers in the City of London had formed the South Sea Company to bid for the right to use the privileges they expected Britain to get at the end of the war . |
| 18 | Because much of the erupted magma was gas-poor , we propose that a subsurface connection exists between the intrusion and the summit feeder conduit ( Fig. 3 ) allowing gas to escape at the summit craters . |
| 19 | The Ethiopian government reportedly agreed in January 1991 to allow food to arrive at the port of Assab and to be transported into the rebel-held province of Tigray . |
| 20 | Wallace , who had broken training to help at the birth of a foal on Tuesday at her Devon farm , faded near the end after previously looking strong throughout . |
| 21 | ‘ The idea of the letter was to get patients to protest at the lack of central funding and to explain to health board general managers that these are services patients think should be provided , ’ Dr James said . |
| 22 | The government has allowed food to arrive at the port of Assab , which it controls , and to be moved into the rebel-held province of Tigre . |
| 23 | I mean our , the more I think about it I think the main , we might even go to Germany to see my sister , so it might be next year , but I ca n't get Tony to talk at the moment , I do n't know erm , |
| 24 | Erm if you wanted to get time to look at the chart to colour the planets the right colour that 's up to you . |
| 25 | The classification tutorial in particular encourages students to look at the material in different ways . |
| 26 | Indeed , he brings his own delicately poised irony to bear at the end of his book when he writes , |
| 27 | Gabo , Moore and Hepworth took sections and punched holes to get at the space within . |
| 28 | Take time to look at the corner of the Hospital wall where stands a memorial to King Edward VII surmounted by a bronze of St. George and the Dragon by the eminent sculptor Sir George Frampton . |
| 29 | He 's visiting England to look at the service . |
| 30 | When you come to think of it though it 's s to me it makes sense to start at the top where we have done and work your way down does n't it ? |