Example sentences of "[pron] aim [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were nearing the camp , so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down . |
| 2 | He taught me to aim for the knees since any weapon firing on automatic would climb high and right , and thus the fall of shot could be evenly distributed across the stomach and torso , ending in the head . |
| 3 | Similarly , the National Council of Educational Research and Training pilot project at Bhumiadhat ( India ) which aimed at the expansion of non formal education found that any success noted was felt primarily to lie in such atypical factors as the extensive community development programmes which accompanied the project and , as in the Lofoten study , in the exceptional talents of some of the staff . |
| 4 | Police claimed that the 48 , many of whom were students , had formed an organization called the Revolutionary Working Class Fighters ' Federation which aimed at the establishment of a socialist state . |
| 5 | At the other end of the scale are Stephanus Heidacker and Peter Chevalier , whose paintings are based on a revision of classicism , and the Frenchman Philippe Cognée who aims at the breaking down of figurative painting . |
| 6 | Do you aim at the commode , or at the water contained therein ? |
| 7 | I expect you aimed at the walls. , |
| 8 | She aimed at the cockpit — and saw Daak 's chainsword . |
| 9 | In desperation she slammed the stop-cock open and precious oxygen knifed outwards in an icy cloud that she aimed at the farthest point . |
| 10 | She suddenly wanted to throw something at him , anything , needing to hurt him as she was hurting , but could n't actually reach his ambitious heart , so she aimed for the next best thing : his self-respect . |
| 11 | You aim for the green through a narrow neck between humps on each side of the fairway . |
| 12 | Well if if you aim for the microphone , |
| 13 | Can we aim for the at the latest . |
| 14 | We aim for the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 15 | PLAYER : It never varies — we aim at the point where everyone who is marked for death dies . |
| 16 | As General Manager Edward Clarkin explained : ‘ We offer meals children will eat and enjoy , yet we aim at the healthiest types of food . |
| 17 | One aimed at the teenage market . |
| 18 | In this study we aimed at the investigation of platelet activating factor synthesis in the gastric juice of normal healthy volunteers in vivo , in basal condition , and in response to pentagastrin . |
| 19 | All four cameras scheduled for use in this episode are positioned on their ‘ A ’ positions , three of them aimed at the set on which the first scene will be acted out . |
| 20 | I swing round slowly , slowly , and slowly level it to aim at the spider , slowly push it forward against the pull of the concertina pipe behind . |
| 21 | it just stopped short of the window , well no it was quite short you know , you could just see it aiming for the window , luckily it was plugged in |
| 22 | This writing may at first seem strange because it aims beyond the physical reality of our senses — addressing the past , the future and the spirits of those who are before and after . |
| 23 | He aimed for the centre , where Siward 's helmet flashed and dulled as the smoke wavered over the sun . |
| 24 | He aimed across the water . |
| 25 | If it aimed at the point where the insect appeared to be , it would miss . |
| 26 | It aimed at the release of social energies crippled by outworn institutions and archaic policies in order to strengthen the power of the monarchy . |
| 27 | Simultaneously , it aimed at the permanent reduction of inflation rates in the EC as the means of promoting price predictability . |