Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The central point of the book is a reflection of a non-technical ‘ wider ecumenism ’ , ‘ a juxtapositioning of mental shapes or ideas through which the poet had learned to look at life , his own and that reflected by others . ’
2 Following discussions between Bond , the Shrewsbury board and Burnley police , Bond has agreed to stay at home rather than attend the match and provoke violent scenes on the terraces .
3 Jennifer Batten has agreed to appear at London , demonstrating the amazing flair and technical ability that prompted Michael Jackson to hire Jennifer as his guitarist .
4 Hungarians have begun to train at Sandhurst , Britain 's main officer-training college .
5 By around two to four months the baby has learned to smile at strangers ( whether in pleasure or as a learned signal of interaction , or as a primitive placatory gesture , is debatable ) .
6 Liz had continued to live at home with her parents , but she was now thinking about going to stay with her brother and his wife for a few weeks .
7 ‘ Very well attended , as an opening occasion should be , but I think half of these people have come to stare at Emily Grenfell who has done the unthinkable and gone into trade . ’
8 However , official figures suggest that more girls have tended to stay at school to secondary level than boys , both in the homelands and in DET areas .
9 On Saturday they lost to Bath by 20 points to nil … and here 's a fact to blow your socks off it was the first time in 16 years and 420 games that the cherry and whites have failed to score at home
10 That 's why it was surprising that Jenny had gone to stay at Moorlake in these last months .
11 The name is supposed to come from their usage as cool stores for butter that farmers travelling the pass had failed to sell at market .
12 Over the course of two months , Ben had started to eat at meal-times and his mother had been able to introduce more variety into his diet and increase the quantity offered .
13 The UAW has tried to recruit at Toyota , but with scant success .
14 Not surprisingly , these reports have tended to appear at times when fatalities have occurred as a result of fires when occupants have been asleep .
15 ‘ This year over seventy new overseas students have come to study at Napier University , ’ announced Professor Turmeau , at the reception held to mark the occasion .
16 In Chile , they provide a source of protest against the military government ; in Bolivia , the miners , wives fought alongside their husbands to get better working conditions and pay ; Nicaraguan women have formed a distinct group within the Sandinista revolutionary movement ; and in Brazil , women 's groups have formed to protest at price rises in food and other essentials .
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