Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 2 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 3 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 4 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 5 | Over the years of flying at almost every conceivable airshow location in the UK , Lindsey has had a few unusual requests along the way : ‘ I can remember a certain airshow organiser , who was very active on the airshow scene then , but not now , coming up to me and saying ‘ Lindsey , how much do you want to bail out at the end of one of these dogfight routines that you do ? ’ , |
| 6 | Bullingdon 's governor says there 's no way every aspect of behaviour can be controlled because there 'll always be those who want to hit back at the system . |
| 7 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 8 | I 'm the one who makes sure food gets in one end and I 'm the one who has to clear up at the other . |
| 9 | When I think of my past blunders here , I want to turn round at the airport and catch the next plane home . |
| 10 | Although their dress was not equipped to deal with soaking weather and although they may have been expected to turn back at the sight of such greyness , they continued and even displayed some sense of enjoyment at the discomfort each was experiencing . |
| 11 | If it is , it none the less dates back explicitly to 1961 when he played Littlechap , the Everyman figure who makes it big , in Stop The World — I Want To Get Off at the Queen 's . |
| 12 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 13 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 14 | She seemed to light up at the idea . |
| 15 | In the street below the house with the dome people were pausing to look up at the arrows in the spike . |
| 16 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 17 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 18 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 19 | I 'm not looking to move out at the moment — I 'm quite happy where I am . |
| 20 | In recent years IBM has introduced four-year ' term contracts ' for some graduate entrants , like a commission in the service , to give fine training and work experience to people who will expect to move on at the end . |
| 21 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 22 | If I increase the bubbles in the column they just seem to come out at the water inlet holes at the water surface . |
| 23 | They 're very wide ranging , and if er , Chair , if members would , would just like to look down at the list of er , options , without going through er , each one individually , but they do range from er , work with er former cottage hospitals , er , front room day care , the further development of home care cooperatives , work er , for people who er , have spinal injuries , who have intake , and er , an interpreter service for , for people who have a hearing loss , and particularly er , helping er , the Shropshire Disability Consortium to set up an interpreting service in the county . |
| 24 | I have n't enjoyed the last two years down there , but erm as I say , let's stick our necks out and say ‘ United are going to win down at the County ground ’ . |
| 25 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 26 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 27 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 28 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 29 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |
| 30 | There was no way I was going to walk out at the end of all that . |