Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand this we need to look at the history of cultural theory and criticism in Britain over the last twenty to thirty years . |
| 2 | At the close of the seventeenth century , however , towns and villages in certain industrial regions started to grow , and despite a setback in the 1720s they continued to expand at an astonishing rate throughout each decade of the eighteenth century . |
| 3 | Erm I I 'm not sure I need to look at the sheet I I thought it was ten when I looked . |
| 4 | In Chapter 5 I propose to look at a different aspect of metalinguistic politics : the way in which grammarians and linguists have projected a male/ female dichotomy on to the languages of the world , and their attempts to use grammar as a tactical weapon in the battle of the sexes . |
| 5 | When she was 18 she went to study at the Royal School of Needlework , where she not only learnt how to identify and date historical embroidery , but also became a prize-winning practitioner . |
| 6 | This is all she has to do at the beginning of the week . |
| 7 | Whereas the language of a and b is quite straightforward and all you require to arrive at an interpretation are values for expressions being used to refer , you may feel that the language here is obscure , perhaps not even meaningful . |
| 8 | ‘ You are not very interested in your ancestors when you are young , but when you get older you begin to look at the rock from which you are hewn . ’ |
| 9 | We shall be coming back in this chapter and the next to the problems that occur when choice is based on too much of ‘ I love me ’ and ‘ I love the me in you ’ , but first we need to look at the basic capacity to realize some love for another , with its mix of self-regard and altruism . |
| 10 | The women clucked and tutted as one by one they turned to stare at the tall fourteen year old . |
| 11 | I think at first it seemed to work at a disadvantage . |
| 12 | If a new road is propo proposed we have to look at the opportunities provided by that ro road . |