Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
| 2 | He was on good terms with Marcus , content to know both that they would talk again , and that it was impossible to do so at the moment . |
| 3 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 4 | Provided he could use the motion , he might be able to rock away at the melancholy and eventually shift it off its fierce sticking point . |
| 5 | I suppose that the average Briton , although not naturally vindictive and revengeful , would be inclined to smile broadly at the idea of 3000 Inland |
| 6 | In order to answer this last question it is necessary to look briefly at the type of anthropological work available to Marx and Engels at the time they were writing . |
| 7 | It is necessary to look continuously at the portfolio of one 's businesses . |
| 8 | It therefore seems to be necessary to look carefully at the contract terms before deciding whether or not there is redundancy . |
| 9 | It will be necessary to look closely at the relief sought , and the grounds advanced in support , but it is convenient first to establish the background of statutory and common law to the matters now in issue . |
| 10 | He left the previous evening to drive to Ipswich , where his own term is due to begin today at the University of Suffolk . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm scared to go there at the moment . |