Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] at [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill cuts through the line after grabbing at thin air and landing it in an arbitrary process . |
| 2 | The reasons for looking at this change and , I quote the reports the the ways the district council interpret the existing clause about provi , precedency is the district council ah , interpret in very different ways . |
| 3 | A vigorous critique of utilitarianism has been offered by Bernard Williams who refers to it as ‘ distinctive way of looking at human action and morality . ’ |
| 4 | and of course , you know , you er er you 'll get hold of all this as the more we do erm but you lost your way on the diagram by giving him too much I think and , and er the referrals you sort of lost at one point but you come back and reclaimed it did n't you ? |
| 5 | It is worth noting at this juncture that , in Britain in the 30s , the prevailing view among those of a leftist orientation on the issue of global alignment was at least pro-Russian , if not actively pro-Communist . |
| 6 | It is worth noting at this point that currently there is very little overlap with the Savoy titles from France which have been available through Vogue ( distributed by New Note in this country ) . |
| 7 | It is worth noting at this point that many young readers do not recognize the distinction between ‘ fiction ’ and ‘ non-fiction ’ that many adults seem to find critically significant . |
| 8 | Sorry , September and really they were n't bothered about selling at that time although they always said if the right offer comes along |
| 9 | This was a remarkably-thorough and penetrative survey of the WEA 's work in a predominantly-rural area ; worth citing at some length because it encapsulates much of the spirit of the Eastern District at this time . |
| 10 | It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . |
| 11 | Secondly were Mrs White 's brother and sister-in-law who were reported earlier as saying at second interview that they thought she should remain at home ‘ if things keep as they 're going now , and she gets the services she 's getting ’ . |
| 12 | So you 're feeling relaxed and comfortable and good because you 're telling me , you know , what a great tennis player I am and I really enjoy it , you 've just given me a couple of names that I 'll either make a note of or I 'll say that 's interesting cos I actually deal with Joe on a business relationship anyway erm maybe we could meet some other people from the tennis club , self employed people , professional people such as yourself , who might be interested in looking at financial planning but today I 'm more interested in talking about you Bill , erm we 'll come back to them a bit later if I may so let's press on . |
| 13 | However , it should be clear in looking at any landscape that some places are , or have been , more important than others . |
| 14 | In the end I simply did what I had done in writing at full length but I compressed the whole into the 5000-word stipulated maximum length . |
| 15 | Some help may come from looking at large law and consulting firms , where even the most senior partners tend to be specialists , and associates who will not make partner are outplaced fairly early on . |
| 16 | They are doing work which every compositor is called upon to do at some time or another , that is plain composition , " but he added that the men do " the many operations that go to make up the comp 's calling " . |
| 17 | Martha and her grandmother said goodbye without looking at each other and then the newly constituted family climbed into the shining blue vehicle and bumped slowly down the track . |
| 18 | And the theory is that every individual has an innate inborn preference for behaving at one end or the other . |
| 19 | The reader may be forgiven for thinking at this stage that , given the weaknesses in much project work , the solution would be to abandon it altogether . |
| 20 | Most arc heavy and therefore only suitable for laying at ground-floor level or where floors are exceptionally strong . |
| 21 | It is worth mentioning at this point that many people who were adopted as babies feel the need in midlife to search out their natural parents . |
| 22 | We have just demonstrated that natural monopolies can not both survive as profit-making industries and produce the socially efficient output by pricing at marginal cost unless they have very favourable opportunities for levying two-part tariffs . |