Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But then — if we are taking our time and stay to look at the town as a whole , walk around it in the cool and quiet of the evening when the shops are shut , and the traffic has gone home , and we can really see its contours and its bone-structure — other questions begin to arise in the mind , which even the best of guide-books does not answer . |
| 32 | Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her . |
| 33 | Instead she got up and went to look at the Labrador . |
| 34 | The whole train stopped while he jumped down from the dome car and went to look at the laggard . |
| 35 | That second time Charlie 'd pulled into a lay-by and gone to sleep at the wheel . |
| 36 | O'Hara had risen and gone to stand at the mantelpiece . |
| 37 | Immediately you touched those bones , and all the others did the same , laughing and jostling to get at the coffin . |
| 38 | We are made to share his view , and with it his plans and hopes to gain at the expense of good . |
| 39 | ‘ Mink are unnecessary killers and have a habit of decimating fish stocks if left to breed at the side of fisheries , so I will help the local clubs to get rid of them as soon as I can , ’ he added . |
| 40 | Spencer ignored Emily 's words and continued to gaze at the girl who had paused near the doorway . |
| 41 | He raised his right hand to silence her and continued to stare at the tabletop before him , head cocked to one side . |
| 42 | Maisie had moved out of her parents ' house and come to stay at the Wilsons ' shortly after her mother 's funeral , a multi-denominational affair dominated by the headmaster of the Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys ' School ( Day ) . |
| 43 | The front of her hair was flattened by a battery of pearl clips and left to rise at the back in styrofoam peaks . |
| 44 | For example , when she accompanies the boys on an illicit night-time visit to the woods in order to retrieve the gun from the crashed aeroplane , she drops the torch , breaks it ( having previously failed to hold it straight ) , and begins to cry at the thought of dead bodies . |
| 45 | He turned well , however , and dived to save at the expense of a corner . |
| 46 | They also believe that Labour authorities have for too long abused their position as chief low-cost housing providers allowing bureaucracy and waste to mushroom at the expense of tenants . |
| 47 | He did not , but went to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 48 | In drawing up its outline plan , the WJEC was not content solely with commenting separately on the proposals made by its constituent local authorities but attempted to look at the needs of Wales as a whole , a procedure that was not always followed by the English RACs in respect of their regions . |