Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had rejoiced at her childlessness , and even found the heart to laugh at the lamentable end of her father 's fond dynastic ambitions . |
| 2 | If there is no stated requirement for a quorum , persuade the Chairman to start at the advertised time even if only you and he are present . |
| 3 | I loved the programme and the people but I made the decision to leave at the right point , before I could grow bored . ’ |
| 4 | I went behind the music-stool to look at the Greek pottery . |
| 5 | It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all . |
| 6 | ‘ The Queen felt it would not be right for the duchess to stay at the main house , even though there is room , because of the marriage split . |
| 7 | Having searched this field to the best of my ability I left with the intention to return at the earliest opportunity . |
| 8 | He had learned also that if there were a continuing nightmare in Israel then it was that an Arab enemy might one day possess the capability to strike at the Jewish heartland with nuclear weapons . |
| 9 | It was developed specifically for the larger urban workshops and consists of an adjustable loom with a device which , by altering the tension on the warp strands , shifts the completed work to the rear of the loom , allowing the weaver to sit at the same level throughout the entire rug-making process . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ The Macaulay is a major research facility , established in Scotland , which has the capacity to operate at the leading edge of science and to contribute to the solution of practical problems concerned with the environment . |
| 11 | Back in the 10th century they would scoop out holes in the sand to get at the crude for medicinal purposes . |
| 12 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
| 13 | For a few seconds , as she leaned both hands on the desk to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings , a feeling of panic hit her . |
| 14 | They crossed the room to stand at the other side of the bed . |
| 15 | This work went ahead , although rather slowly , and allowed the tunnelling to begin at the same time . |
| 16 | She waited for the phone to ring at the other end . |
| 17 | One afternoon towards the end of the voyage , when the sun was beating down and a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards , she leant out over the gunwale to look at the low strip of land that was in sight on the port beam . |
| 18 | Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace . |
| 19 | Because the pools are limited in number , and because rain has stimulated all toads in the area to breed at the same time , the breeding ponds become extremely crowded . |
| 20 | Willie smiled nervously and leaned with his back against the counter to look at the other materials . |
| 21 | Surrounding us on the beach were a large number of French civilians who had come down to the beach to look at the British Tommies . |
| 22 | It also wants the Government to look at the wider issue of what happens to British aid and credit going into Ghana . |
| 23 | We followed the road up the valley , crossing and recrossing over bridges which became progressively more primitive until finally they ceased to exist and the track disappeared into the river to reappear at the far bank . |
| 24 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 25 | In view of the understandable difficulty that this inelegant and complex piece of legislation presented to these people , one must stand in awe at what one Member , Sir Michael Havers , had the temerity to say at the Third Reading of the Bill : ‘ One of the great ambitions of successive Parliaments is to simplify the laws that they pass and make them more readily understood . ’ |
| 26 | Now he then comes on in the second part of the report to look at the fourteen great achievements and I mean two things A what are those achievements and do those achievements back up and support these kinds of very general maybe propaganda kind of stances that Mao is taking up in the first part of this report . |
| 27 | In this chapter we use the LFS to look at the industrial and occupational distribution of temporary working . |
| 28 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 29 | Corbett asked the others to stay at the great gate whilst he went across the open square . |
| 30 | William was forced by the lie of the land to come at the Saxon strongpoint from the south . |