Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gaviria has sensibly decided to operate at arm 's length , seeking influence through private meetings with all sides . |
| 2 | Yet it is in precisely this sort of situation that a woman who has hitherto chosen to stay at home with her children may need to seek work . |
| 3 | NIREX still hopes to dispose at sea of the massive quantities of contaminate rubble and components that will be produced when Britain 's first nuclear power stations are demolished . |
| 4 | You 've only got to look at history … slavery which led into colonialism which developed into full-blown imperialism , right on up to the present-day immigration policies . |
| 5 | William was excommunicated in 1619 and Jacob in 1634 , although he had already refused to kneel at communion in 1627 . |
| 6 | Well you 've just got to look at section twenty eight , now section twenty five , how like we are being discriminated against how even like |
| 7 | Physics and physical science students had a strong sense of the hierarchy of different disciplines ; Debbie , for example , described business studies ( which she had originally hoped to study at university ) as a ‘ soft option ’ ; a first-year physics student at A described astro-physics ( a course also run by the department ) as ‘ watered-down physics ’ . |