Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 Remember Ah asked ye to go slowly at the start ?
2 ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ?
3 He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching .
4 He turned to look at her , his glance intended to skewer her to the spot , forcing her to clutch self-consciously at the kimono she had slipped on while she had a nap after the arduous car journey into the mountains with Peter just now .
5 Mr Trippier , who was said to be expressing the views of his constituents , wrote to Mr Kenneth Clarke on November 24 asking him to look again at the original 6.5 per cent pay offer , saying it was not fair .
6 I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking .
7 Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’
8 I must write to the Michelin and ask them to look again at the Fermette Marboeuf !
9 My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will take the case to his colleagues in the Council of Ministers and ask them to look again at the proposals , which would be damaging not only to British industry but to industries — including tourism — right across the Community .
10 I hope that this series of articles may have encouraged you to look again at the various stitch patterns which your machine can produce .
11 This has forced us to look afresh at the regular London days and , with the prompting of a number of the most regular attenders , we have decided to drop the June day , which in recent years has had a low attendance .
12 The handicapped children who joined school forced us to look again at the provision we made for children .
13 She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again .
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