Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't suddenly stop moving at the end of a training session . |
| 2 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 3 | Having spent the whole day listening to the contenders , I did not want to look at the list — I felt certain that my name would not appear . |
| 4 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 5 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 6 | In the kitchen she found Rodney stirring the contents of two saucepans and Veronica , John and a young man she did not know sitting at the table drinking wine . |
| 7 | the assisted areas do not appear to operate at a disadvantage . |
| 8 | I think if you do n't do that , you 'll very easily become over-influenced at the time by the fact that it is a crisis you 're dealing with . |
| 9 | If you had told any of Britain 's hard-pressed post-war chancellors that they could expand the economy vigorously and turn round the external accounts by 6.5 per cent of GDP without adverse consequences , would they not have jumped at the chance ? |
| 10 | If Hugh and Prior Robert had not been well mounted , and the elderly but resolute former steward of Ramsey forced to go afoot , they could not have arrived at the cathedral priory of Worcester within a day of each other . |
| 11 | The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out . |
| 12 | In other words , you do not have to look at every instrument continuously . |
| 13 | One does not have to look at the report which the hon. Member for Gordon has thrown away with such disdain . |
| 14 | The only way out may simply be to mandate a shorter planning period , an alternative the Japanese have demonstrated does not have to come at the expense of quality . |
| 15 | The old order may not have changed at the front but there are encouraging signs for the future further down the field . |
| 16 | It must be stressed again that this section of the chapter does not attempt to look at the level and nature of racial discrimination in Britain . |
| 17 | Hello seven three one eight , no Roger 's off duty at the moment it 's Chris here erm , he should be , hang on I 'll just have to look at the watch roster and check up on precisely what his movements are , erm just look through tomorrow and I can find the right page in the roster here , er , two thir yeah , he 'll be on tower , so he 'll be in first thing tomorrow from about seven , seven o'clock onwards . |
| 18 | Dersingham did not bother to look at the man . |
| 19 | He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why . |
| 20 | You 'll just get to look at the document you ca n't work |
| 21 | It did not seem to matter at the time . |
| 22 | The train was at last " on different rails " and Unionists could not fail to rejoice at the disarray on the left , but the different rails might prove more suitable for Trotsky 's " locomotive of History " than for Unionist imperialism . |
| 23 | Like a child who can not bear to look at the cupboard where the witch might live , she stared past the bench and its mummified shape . |
| 24 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
| 25 | Hoomey thought he could easily start frothing at the mouth , the way his colour had drained . |
| 26 | Penelope could not help smiling at the formality of his words . |
| 27 | Harry could not help smiling at the boy 's excessive politeness . |
| 28 | They passed the hill , but she did not turn to look at the graveyard . |
| 29 | One might also consider looking at the range of employment/unemployment experience and labour market participation and activity rates , although international comparisons of unemployment are notoriously difficult to make given the variation in definitions and data collection . |
| 30 | I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme . |