Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb infin] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was aware that Members had to come and go at irregular intervals at the behest of their lords and masters when the House was in session , but he feared the worst . |
| 2 | The Act also empowers the Secretary of State to define the structure and content of each of these subjects in considerable detail , and to specify what pupils of different abilities should study and achieve at various ages . |
| 3 | Excursions : Enterprise have arranged much for you to see and do at reasonable prices . |
| 4 | In reality , however , the difference between him and a shareholder may not be anything like as clear-cut , for the debenture may give the holder a contractual right : — to appoint a director ; to a share of profits ( whether or not available for dividend ) ; to repayment at a premium ; to attend and vote at general meetings and even to convert his debentures into equity shares . |
| 5 | Under ‘ mass-production ’ conditions the industry was obliged to keep its labour-teams steadily employed , moving in a planned succession from one undertaking to another , and progressively brought down its costs to reach an ever-widening circle of demand for homes to buy or rent at economic figures . |
| 6 | Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ? |
| 7 | The TPU provides a flexible layer , allowing the materials to expand and contract at different rates without delaminating . |
| 8 | Still , overall we thought ourselves lucky because a lot of other houses in the street had rats as well as mice , which was much worse because at least mice do n't bite or nibble at human feet … |
| 9 | New ramps that trucks could mount or circumvent at low speeds are one solution . |
| 10 | As soon as the hook went in it charged across the river into a weedbed on the other bank , where it decided to sulk and play at immovable objects . |