Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess neither men nor women want to look at cellulite on celluloid . |
| 2 | The growth of wheat , the birth of a lamb , the movement of clouds , put him in awe of nature : the locomotive he sees as man 's response : the switch and throttle are his magic wands … the girl may come to the science lesson with a less eager curiosity than the boy , but she too will need to feel at home with machinery . |
| 3 | Western economists tend to talk at length about theory ; the easterners are mainly interested in practice . |
| 4 | His Aunt Lucy came to live at Howfield in order to look after Ramsey 's father and the family after Agnes Ramsey was killed . |
| 5 | It does n't necessarily mean it 's going to work at front of house , so the sound man takes a direct feed , just a regular Marshall , dry , up to the house . |
| 6 | Will the Prime Minister explain what attitude he intends to take at Maastricht to co-operation on development issues , and what practical result that will have ? |
| 7 | It also began to look at proposals for MA courses , and at its November 1966 meeting , for example , it expressed the view that a proposed MA in Business Administration at Portsmouth College of Technology did not meet the CNAA 's criterion that the content should be substantially postgraduate in character : too much of it was introductory work , insufficiently rooted in the basic disciplines . |
| 8 | ( NB refer to index at back of book by asterisk . ) |
| 9 | TOP novice chasers Barton Bank and Cab On Target are set to clash at Kempton on Boxing Day . |
| 10 | Associative learning , often called conditioning , has been studied in two forms , illustrated by Pavlov 's dogs , and pigeons learning to peck at discs in order to be fed . |
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| 12 | ‘ There was no inheritance in the case , you see , for Robert Beckenham was only a third son and chose to live at home in idleness rather than follow a profession . ’ |
| 13 | He refused to accept a travellers ' site at Loch Laggan as a fixed address for Frost , a first offender , who offered to pay at £10 per fortnight . |
| 14 | The various outputs may be added at market prices , or the effect of subsidies and taxes on expenditure may be excluded to arrive at GNP at factor cost . |
| 15 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |
| 16 | Then , gripping her lips firmly together , because whatever else she said was bound to be wrong , Ellie continued to stare at Phena in horror and worry . |
| 17 | Mr Sangster , who tees off first at 8am today in a pro-am golf tournmament in Jersey , is hoping to arrive at Newbury about half-an-hour before the Fred Darling Stakes . |
| 18 | The fog exacerbated his emphysema : he was short of breath , found it difficult to walk very far , and had to stay at home in seclusion . |
| 19 | " You have to look at things like lighting , the height , colour and texture of the various plants or furnishings , and how you want to use the area — all the practical aspects of it . |
| 20 | Often their frustration is made worse as they do not wish to admit to stress at work in case it appears on employment or insurance records . |
| 21 | It will be seen that I have to arrive at figures in respect of damages in this case under a number of heads . |