Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
| 2 | ‘ It was my task to follow at the rear ! ’ |
| 3 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
| 4 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
| 5 | And the club committee was given the go-ahead to seek legal advice in their bid to remain at the ground for at least six months under a protected tenancy . |
| 6 | The petitioning creditor must prepare for the hearing a list of all those creditors who have given notice of their intention to appear at the hearing and hand it in at the hearing(r6.24) . |
| 7 | She raised her weapon to fire at the door . |
| 8 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 9 | Naturally , this did n't affect her competence to teach at the University of Oxford , because until quite recently the place preferred to treat modern languages as if they were dead : this made them more respectable , more like the distant perfections of Latin and Greek . |
| 10 | ‘ The parties will all reassert their commitment to sit at the peace table , but most will display a diminished taste for direct negotiations , ’ said Harvey Sicherman of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy . |
| 11 | Mother Hilary may well be the one to shed those tears , but she is also a realist who realises that for her daughter to achieve at the sport she loves , she needed to leave home . |
| 12 | They begin to doubt their ability to stick at a relationship . ’ |
| 13 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 14 | So too this gnawing of himself like a fox caught in a trap forced to bite off its leg and for pain , every few moments raising its face to howl at the sky . |
| 15 | Give him time to look at the word . |
| 16 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 17 | The deposed king had announced his decision to return at the end of May , when he committed himself to promoting democracy and announced that he was planning to sponsor an interim multiparty government of national consensus which would include members of the military . |
| 18 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 19 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
| 20 | Contract Director , Bill Freeman , who recently announced his intention to retire at the end of the year , started his carpet career with Stoddard in 1956 . |
| 21 | The shock move follows his refusal to speak at a trial on the fate of the banned Communist Party . |
| 22 | His black eyes flickered , and he drew the monk over by his sleeve to look at the pageant more closely . |
| 23 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 24 | The early morning mist was lifting above the Great Stukeley lanes to reveal a glorious day as Mr Major arrived with his wife to vote at the village hall . |
| 25 | Mr Brocklebank , who had been sent by his wife to look at the house , reported back . |
| 26 | The irony is primarily at the expense of Mrs Moreen ( a lady less refined than she would like to appear ) , and secondarily at the expense of Pemberton ( whom we smile at and with over his impotence to get at the information he wants ) . |
| 27 | Startled , George turned his head to stare at a woman who was standing up somewhere in the middle of the tight-packed rows of the audience . |
| 28 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 29 | He turned his head to look at the mantelpiece . |
| 30 | Here , his unequivocal response to Mrs Hollar 's pleas — " Mrs Hollar , I will do everything I can for him " ( p. 82 ) — is made more emphatic by the fact that he interrupts her in order to say it , and its effect is to affirm his commitment to help at the expense of any considerations for his negative face , a change in priorities which is central to the development in Anderson 's character . |