Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb infin] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't eat or drink at the moment . |
| 2 | The task does not require detailed syntactic processing , simply to know where to pause ( the major syntactic boundaries ) , which words to stress ( distinguishing content and function words ) and whether the sentence requires the pitch to fall or rise at the end ( is it a yes-no question ? ) . |
| 3 | I will not act or suffer at the sword 's edge — Not that — I will not bleed — my dear , do you remember ? " |
| 4 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 5 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 6 | I invite her to come and sit at a table with Kurowski and me , but she prefers to remain on duty at the bar . |
| 7 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 8 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 9 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 10 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 12 | Some evening she and Andrew would separate on the halfway landing and go up by different flights to meet and kiss at the top . |
| 13 | Just as " every clerk 's " unanimity of opinion directs the laughter of " " every wight " " at the end of the Miller 's Tale ( 3847 – 9 ) , the text of the Reeve 's Tale brings its readers to view and laugh at the miller and his family through the clerks ' perceptions , their attitudes and their frame of reference : We may particularly note , for instance , how the incongruous " " par compaignye " " that Nicholas and Alison put in the mouth of the unfortunate John recurs in this urbane rendering of the family 's vulgar cacophany , and how the somewhat different " " melodye " " recalls the " " revel " " and the " " melodye " " that Alison and Nicholas enjoy . |
| 14 | Size will evaporate in the course of the years , and new writing will blur and spread at the edges . |
| 15 | You all learned to swim and dive at the Kokine Swimming Club , and you and Mig became Girl Guides at the school . |
| 16 | Whatever the justification there may have been in the past , when a high degree of ability may have been necessary to acquire and work at the trade , that reason has forever passed away if it ever was more than a trade gild superstition . |
| 17 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 18 | ‘ I should like to go and look at the sea . ’ |
| 19 | Sara had told her to go to bed , or rather to go and look at the TV programme she wanted to watch . |
| 20 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 21 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 22 | Not only are more and more people willing and able to go and look at the countryside , but the trend is towards more active recreational pursuits , involving the more extensive use of space and paralleled by an extension of the time spent there . |
| 23 | Yes , I 'll shall have to go and see at the traffic and find out what 's gone wrong . |
| 24 | I 'd tell him to go and ask at the gas sh offices for any erm shop-soiled |
| 25 | I mean , for a child to have to sit and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day — it 's totally out of order , you know . |
| 26 | It is all too easy to spend a back-breaking couple of hours weeding the garden and never take ten minutes to sit and look at the flowers . |
| 27 | Any member of a company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting is entitled to appoint another person ( whether a member or not ) as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him . |
| 28 | A quick end , rather than torture and rape at the hands of those barbarians in the hall . |
| 29 | Do you mind and sit at the table |
| 30 | As a result of their ascetic lifestyle and their verbal assaults on their less godly neighbours , they were frequently subjected to ridicule and abuse at the hands of their contemporaries . |