Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 've only got to look at the history of religion , especially Christianity , to see that at as the guys who went round flagellating themselves also went around killing other people if they did n't believe in the right religion and that unfortunately er happens all too often .
2 You 've only got to look at the table .
3 One only needed to look at the Government Training Centre at Boucher Road in West Belfast for a good example .
4 Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end .
5 She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table .
6 Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion .
7 She had just emerged to frown at the Manport , wearing a plain dark coverall that made no concession to dressing up for important company .
8 Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar .
9 At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases .
10 Signs of the tenacious Selina ambition had already begun to show at the age of 13 when she secured her first job on the Darlington and Stockton Times .
11 The book was never published in America , but I was still called to testify at the committee hearing of the US Senate which was looking into the fate of the missing US prisoners of war .
12 He had a rudimentary training in science and probably offered to look at the virus and given an opinion as to its value in order to gain information .
13 The snow in June was a revelation which seemed to astonish and dismay some girls in bikini-tops with a cold-box full of beer and a shoulder bag full of Jackie Collins novels , who had clearly hoped to picnic at the top .
14 The city technology colleges , outside local authority control , have also failed to develop at the speed the government hoped for .
15 Germanium boosts the immune system by helping the cells mop up free radicals , which are now thought to lie at the root of many degenerative diseases and the process of ageing .
16 On July 3 Doe had reportedly agreed to resign at the request of a deputation of his remaining allies , including Vice-President Harry Moniba and Samuel Hill , the Speaker of the House of Representatives ( parliament ) , on condition that his own safety and that of the Khran people was assured .
17 Case conferences were held , and plans were made to take the children into care and still the mother apparently obstinately refused to look at the future .
18 ‘ You have n't wanted to look at the barometer in the last four
19 The children are then asked to look at the paper and will be amazed to discover that your prediction is correct .
20 Indeed that evening he was once again invited to dine at the Embassy .
21 The Directorate have therefore decided to look at the whole of our service provision on a TEAM basis .
22 Patterson ( 1986 ) has recently started to look at the contribution siblings make to the development of aggressive behaviour .
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