Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others merely want to look at the engine . |
| 2 | You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . |
| 3 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 4 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You only have to look at a picture of him when he resigned and compare it with one from six months beforehand . |
| 6 | ‘ I know that , ’ Candy returned ruefully , ‘ and it 's always been the bane of my life that you can eat your way through a tuckshop without gaining a pound while I only have to look at a picture of a cream cake to make the scales groan . ’ |
| 7 | - Elizabeth Rex , chairman of the Harwich Conservative Association ‘ You only have to look at the way we have annoyed the Establishment and the professions to gauge the success of our populist policies . ’ |
| 8 | You only have to look at the press and television to see how impatient many in our society are . |
| 9 | Murder mysteries are something of a British tradition — you only have to look at the popularity of thriller novels and TV ‘ whodunits ? ’ , for example . |
| 10 | We only have to look at the interest being shown , especially in public sector institutions , in recruiting their students from a wide social background . |
| 11 | You only have to look at the balance sheet its treasurer John Lister will present to its annual meeting in December , a million pounds sitting on reserve . |
| 12 | You only have to look at the unemployment amongst married women who would like to be teachers . |
| 13 | You only have to look at the number of visitors going to places such as Nepal er to see the increase there , to see how important this connection be . |
| 14 | ‘ You only have to look at the number of players with top clubs in the present squad — Arsenal 's Steve Morrow is another example — and it 's obvious there 's hope for the future . |
| 15 | Inevitably there will be much improved functionality , and more features — you only have to look at the difference between DOS 4.01 and DOS 5 to see that . |
| 16 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 17 | just want to look at the carbonate system in a bit more detail . |
| 18 | I just have to look at the list of this cos I always tend to forget this . |
| 19 | But you just have to look at the chain stores to see how times have changed . |
| 20 | You just need to look at the disaster situation on the Pennine Way . |
| 21 | You 're supposed to write the minutes for this meeting on the back of the agenda , now , I know very few people who ever actually do that , er , I always want to look at the agenda when I 'm taking my notes . |
| 22 | And er you always want to look at the track record . |
| 23 | Now in this first session I really want to look at the way that er er financial planning will affect you once you , once you retire , it may be that 's the sort of area you 've not looked at in detail . |
| 24 | Even in more casual situations people often try to get at the upshot of what is being said with such utterances as ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ |
| 25 | Therefore try to arrive at the venue a day early . |