Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaning on me , she had an arm free to wave her stick at the horizon . |
| 2 | ‘ Do we want the British to put their flag at the South Pole first ? |
| 3 | Because merchants paid enormous sums for the right to sell vodka , the imperial government had long been prepared to overlook their chicanery at the point of sale . |
| 4 | Some men may not have gone far from their original homes , but others were willing to seek their fortune at a distance : the London merchant class was recruited from every part of the country , including the far North ( 104 , pp.210–12 , 389–92 ) . |
| 5 | Finally comes settlement , but do n't count on this to pay your accounts at the end of the month . |
| 6 | The elegant one turned the neatly-coiffed head on her long neck and looked apprehensively around the room , careful to suppress her alarm at the primitive scene into which she had intruded . |
| 7 | But Cambridge City Council 's environmental health department warned that the success of the appeal did not set a precedent , and that the court had been careful to reiterate its concern at the ‘ grave breaches of the Food Hygiene Regulations ’ . |
| 8 | The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ . |
| 9 | Other wardens were from time to time granted leave by Henry III to postpone their accounts at the Exchequer , and he remitted the debts of others . |
| 10 | Here you can do much to protect her interests at a time when she is very vulnerable by making sure that they are first valued by an expert before being advertised , for widows are often ‘ conned ’ into selling their husband 's valuable possessions very cheaply to unscrupulous people , simply because they are feeling too low in spirits to resist any offer to have them removed speedily and without fuss . |
| 11 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |
| 12 | Being a radical experimental company of the time , given to onstage nudity , we were no strangers to Beth 's voluptuous physique and it was hard to suppress our giggles at the absurd movie , in which a deformed , slobbering handyman ogles and gropes our heroine before coming to a violent end . |
| 13 | Ian Watson , the student in question was a clever young man who had worked very hard to achieve his place at the higher seat of learning ; he found it very difficult to manage on the pittance that his father allowed him . |
| 14 | But it 's very intricate and complicated and you have to be very talented to move your feet at the speed some of these dancers reach . |
| 15 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 16 | The first is the way the Conservatives have been able to sustain their vote at a consistently high level . |
| 17 | Wembley says it welcomes Swindon Town , but not all Robins supporters will be able to sample its hospitality at the big match on Monday . |
| 18 | Petty had already intimated that he might not be able to continue his attendance at the debates further ( after 29 October ) , but before the end of that day 's proceedings he explained why ‘ we [ the Levellers ] would exclude apprentices , or servants , or those that take alms , it is because they depend upon the will of other men and should be afraid to displease [ them ] ’ . |
| 19 | Once the chart is complete you will be able to see your findings at a glance . |
| 20 | Charlie and his sister walked slowly from shop window to shop window , and he was unable to hide his excitement at every new discovery he came across . |
| 21 | Drawing on an earlier record of municipal activity and labour representation , it was able to consolidate its position at a time of hope for a new future by an active fusion of Labour Party , trade union and cooperative effort . |
| 22 | Some might wonder , ’ he grated , ‘ whether Blake will now be able to set his prices at a level low enough to undermine Lynx . |
| 23 | Ibn Fayoud and his blonde of the day ; Annie , hardly able to conceal her astonishment at the way Kelly had been able to ride after the events of the previous night ; Bill himself , flushed and more inarticulate than ever . |
| 24 | David Norman used his words more precisely when he said they were ectothermic reptiles which were able to keep their bodies at a constant temperature ‘ by being very large and living in a warm , mild climate . ’ |
| 25 | If the values of UK purchases of dollars and of US purchases of sterling are roughly equal , dealers in the foreign exchange market will be able to balance their books at a forward rate that is equal to the expected future spot rate . |
| 26 | You 're just not going to be able to maintain your rugby at the highest standard otherwise . |
| 27 | The average East German was unable to spend his holiday at the Black Sea , as the government-led tourist industry had allocated it to Westerners . |
| 28 | The inhabitants of Thrush Green were able to gaze their fill at the stranger on the first Sunday after his arrival , as he attended morning service in a dove-grey suit which was far better cut , everyone agreed , than those of the other males in the congregation . |
| 29 | Licensed semiconductor partners will be able to involve their customers at the beginning of the design process and Sun says its current intention is to facilitate early design adoption and volume sales as soon as silicon is production ready , independent of its own system products becoming available . |
| 30 | Max Caulfield , in his biography of Mrs Whitehouse , sums up the argument in one sentence , saying ‘ as to the purpose of all this frenzy it was easy to explain that the forces of revolution , unable to achieve their objectives at the ballot box or , because of the existence of the nuclear bomb , by full-scale war , were endeavouring to encourage moral decay ’ . |