Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both the projector and the turntable were powered by the same motor to ensure they ran at the same speed . |
| 32 | Offering that transfer price to Division A will induce it to trade at the required volume as we have arranged that , at that volume , its marginal cost is equal to its marginal revenue ( the transfer price ) . |
| 33 | Should fix me stiffened at the monstrous sight |
| 34 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
| 35 | It takes them back into the past and helps them relax at the same time . |
| 36 | With a heart beating as if it wanted to explode I looked at the two dead men ; I had never seen either of them before . |
| 37 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 38 | That was when Ruth got to know her better , and to like her better ; and a few months later , Cousin Saul had married Gloria , taking her to live at the ramshackle old warehouse on Cyclops Wharf . |
| 39 | Examining patients with and without uraemia enabled us to look at the gastric mucosal damage over a very wide range ( 43 fold ) of in vivo ammonia production making it unlikely that any association was missed . |
| 40 | Often , too , our skills enable us to suggest at the same time how technical problems might be solved . |
| 41 | ‘ This is all quite fascinating , ’ he said , drawing his umbrella from his starsuit and using it to point at the terminal entrance . |
| 42 | In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle . |
| 43 | The notice to the creditors must state a time and date , not more than four days before the meeting , by when the creditors must lodge their proofs of debt ( Form 6.37 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 34 ) and , if applicable , proxies , in order to entitle them to vote at the first meeting ( r 6.79(4) ) . |
| 44 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 45 | Er did you stay at the same school ? |
| 46 | And did you stay at the same school through primary and secondary ? |
| 47 | ‘ Why did you look at the two letters together ? ’ he asked . |
| 48 | If you have to make a supply decision , how do you get at the necessary data ? |
| 49 | And if you 're erm do you reside at the same address ? |
| 50 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 51 | Thus , unlike social class , social network does not require us to project at the initial stage a fully-fledged theory of social structure on to the linguistic data . |
| 52 | I had them processed at the one-hour place , cost me a fortune but … |
| 53 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 54 | Had she looked at the living Rachaela as now Rachaela looked at Ruth ? |
| 55 | Also , he had kept her waiting at the Old Mitre and she would have preferred him to say everything then , or telephone now , rather than trail after her . |
| 56 | What had they said at the last ? |
| 57 | Does the spider begin in the centre and move outwards down the spiral , or does it begin at the outside and work inwards ? |
| 58 | Because EXAFS enables us to look at the atomic environment of each alkali in turn we may begin to understand the structural basis of this curious effect . |
| 59 | To enable us to get at the real reasons for lending decisions and influences upon those decisions , we decided to adopt a different approach from any previous research … ‘ |
| 60 | This bids them to look at the common law ( i.e. the legal position ) before the Act , and the mischief that the statute was intended to remedy ; the Act is then to be construed in such a way as to suppress the mischief and advance the remedy . |