Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [noun pl] at [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know why they bother to have gates at this school , ’ remarked Mildred , as another three pupils soared over the wall on their brooms . |
| 2 | Account executives must have a head for figures and a feeling for spending the client 's money wisely because they may need to explain costs at any moment . |
| 3 | The most probable takers are likely to be in the category : under 45 ( under 40 for women ) , high flyer , mobile worker in the sense of wanting to change jobs at some stage and well-off older people who are not covered by company arrangements . |
| 4 | No , all that 's strange about this is that those two ever came to touch hands at any point . |
| 5 | The theatre management urged him to take a holiday , but he refused , not wanting to disappoint the audiences who were still rushing to get seats at each performance . |
| 6 | As a consequence , they dislike having to attend incidents at this time which are so serious that action can not be avoided . |
| 7 | She occupied herself with studying a map on the opposite wall because she knew she would have to change trains at some point . |
| 8 | As well as lines , Sumitomo had to install filters at each end of the lines to check that traffic that ought to be kept on the LAN does not disappear on to the WAN . |
| 9 | ‘ In terms of ideas , I had been trying to produce pictures at that time which had a very flat , two-dimensional feel to them , being torn between what I think are two different ends of photography , but which both have that quality . |