Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl said she still thinks fondly of her time in England — but could not bear to stay at University College any longer . |
| 2 | She could not bear to look at Lionel 's face . |
| 3 | But yesterday he could n't bear to look at photographs of his new baby . |
| 4 | We buy theatre tickets and have the restaurant booked when , if we stopped and checked what we actually wanted to do , we might find we would much prefer to stay at home and have an early night . ’ |
| 5 | It is understood , in any case , that Keegan would not want to work at St James 's Park with Sir John holding control in the boardroom . |
| 6 | Half of them live at Stantonbury , 437 between two and three miles distant , the remainder three to six miles away , mostly on farms and in villages with relatives or connections , and they would not come to live at Wolverton even if cottages were provided for them . |
| 7 | If I could get a job doing summat like that I reckon I would n't have to stay at Combe Court . |
| 8 | I just ca n't seem to look at peaches the same way any more . |
| 9 | FAR RIGHT Puppies will soon learn to sit at mealtimes . |
| 10 | If you wo n't come to stay at Mrs Gracie 's , I shall go alone , and find work of some kind to keep myself . |
| 11 | You wo n't have to stay at Woodborough Junior much longer . |
| 12 | They may therefore agree to sell at price level P whatever is demanded . |
| 13 | Managers who do not work as a team and provide support for each other and their staff can not hope to succeed at times of staff shortage . |
| 14 | We can not expect to arrive at consensus easily — there are a lot of things which may not seem to fit at all — but we can at least want to find out what is in common before worrying about what appears to contradict . |
| 15 | • If you can not get to sleep at night , stay in bed and rest . |