Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knock at the wood-plank door and it sounds as empty as a politician 's promise . |
| 2 | Rachel and I wait at the little barrier in the station terminus , and again I think what an ordinary pair of holidaymakers we must look — too tatty to be honeymooners , but the same kind of contentment together . |
| 3 | I look at the dark house in front of me and the screens of tall shrubs and young trees on either side concealing the two neighbouring villas . |
| 4 | During the spring , I look at the new beech leaves . |
| 5 | I look at the short-term programme and er see , yeah . |
| 6 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 7 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
| 8 | I look at the false leg for a bit while he pulls up his trouser leg . |
| 9 | I 'm in bed reading , so I look at the little security system we have , look at the screen — I do n't know this chap , he 's obviously drunk , and obviously ex-public school . |
| 10 | I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered . |
| 11 | ‘ We must hold our nerve , ’ Malik was saying , ‘ and have someone look at the damn manuscript . |
| 12 | I weep at the impending demise of my oldest and supportive friend ! |
| 13 | I glance at the front door : no one showing yet . |
| 14 | I glance at the wrought-iron gate : it 's a long way off . |
| 15 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 16 | And I think at the present time , all of us on the right are more concerned about getting the economy right and cutting government expenditure that carrying on with er schemes of a privatization that might or might not succeed . |
| 17 | I puzzle at the local economy , the commerce , the apologetic arrangements of the ignored , of the cooled city . |
| 18 | I work at the big house taking Oreste with me it is kitchen work and not difficult and gives me extra . |
| 19 | Priorities are decided as part of the January cycle which introduce at the local budget |
| 20 | They are Sekers Fabrics , David Evans and Vanners Silks , all of which manufacture fabrics which sell at the top end of their markets . |
| 21 | ‘ I hate publicity , ’ you squeal at the hastily-arranged photocall . |
| 22 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 23 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 24 | For short time , high temperature bakery items at 200°C–220°C , pre-heating at 300°C will ensure that you bake at the correct temperature ( on average 80° C will be lost whilst loading the oven ) |
| 25 | In fact if you look at the average price of a package holiday since nineteen seventy eight , the increase in prices has been absolutely marginal . |
| 26 | Erm as we see it , there are en two possible courses on the new settlement that in fact you end up if you look at the right hand side of that sheet of paper , with four possible answers . |
| 27 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
| 28 | If you look at the revised mid-year estimate , the figure there if we 're keeping things in balance between county and and Leeds , is six thousand two hundred and fifty , net out migration . |
| 29 | If you look at the general secretary report under the regional sections there is an invisible service you 'll be unable to find the health and safety side . |
| 30 | When you look at the small print , most of the items that are going to go wrong are excluded , and people get very upset and complain to our department when they ca n't get it book right . |