Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 2 | If they are to be more than mere training , then a process of informed reflection has to go on at the same time . |
| 3 | Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office . |
| 4 | ‘ Although Tara never is really dark , ’ said Caspar as they stopped to look back at the great shining edifice outlined against the sky . |
| 5 | WHAT do you do when the date and time of your official opening has been set , the invitations sent out and your guest of honour has to drop out at the last minute due to matters of national importance ? |
| 6 | The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar . |
| 7 | And as Cram prepared to jump in at the deep end with a clash against Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah in the BUPA International Festival of Running , race organiser Brendan Foster tipped his pal to rekindle memories of his glory days in his new event . |
| 8 | Not wanting to jump in at the deep end , I hired the school the day before and went with Karen , a friend who wanted to give her experienced but spooky horse an indoor schooling session . |
| 9 | Indeed in cases where such companies had a vital stake , as with the British South Africa Union Minière in Zaire they were seen to behave badly at the very point at which their host countries became independent . |
| 10 | This it does by turning away in a deliberate manner and refusing to look again at the glowering face . |
| 11 | When a colleague had some treatment , a tape was played and he was made to look up at the highest point of the ceiling . |
| 12 | The opportunity has not been missed to point unfavourably at the controversial plans for the Bode Museum in Berlin which , it seems , will not now be restored to its original appearance as when built for Kaiser Friedrich in 1897–1904 . |
| 13 | Fiona , whose businessman husband Rod Potts lives in Cumbria , plans to turn in at the same time as her baby daughter Natasha . |
| 14 | Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 . |
| 15 | It is difficult to see how unrepresented claimants who fare so badly in tribunals of first instance could expect to fare better at the appellate level ; indeed representation has increased considerably over the past few years . |
| 16 | He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan . |
| 17 | People do n't seem to moan on but tend to look more at the positive angles . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby . |
| 19 | ‘ They 're going to come in at the far end . ’ |
| 20 | He left the convent with Amsterdam , not turning to look back at the ancient pile . |
| 21 | She turned to smile benevolently at the scurrying passengers behind her . |
| 22 | Ellie said nothing , deciding to stare down at the polished wood floor instead . |
| 23 | Someone had had to drop out at the last minute and there was an unexpected vacancy to be filled . |
| 24 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 25 | Generally , however , anyone wishing to buy or sell listed shares will want to do so at the best price obtainable and for that purpose to use the facilities of The Stock Exchange instead of himself seeking out a willing counterparty . |
| 26 | After all , he had managed to dismantle the magical aspects of my eidesis and now he began to chew away at the very grist of what he termed my ‘ delusionary apparatus ’ . |
| 27 | When the bloody offal was slapped onto the concrete path before it , the cat hesitated only briefly before running towards this welcome offering , and beginning to chew greedily at the soft , tasty guts . |
| 28 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 29 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |
| 30 | The world 's most famous footballer declined to turn up at the Argentine team camp until late on Tuesday night , 48 hours later than most of his team-mates . |