Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | Members of his court such as Diane de Beauveau Craon , her stepmother Laure and certain editors are invited to sit in at the studio for a preview . |
2 | It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-door cell . |
3 | However , he had continued to look regularly at the newspapers for other vacancies . |
4 | And he 's promised to look again at the case for allowing British Rail to bid for franchises . |
5 | But I 'd seen Dick Cleave and Les Petherbridge , good men both of them , choosing to hang on at the Gazette for ever . |
6 | Also , the wardens of the Forest of Dean , and of the forests between Oxford and Stamford bridges , were required to account directly at the Exchequer for the revenues of their bailiwicks , instead of farming them as had been the previous practice . |
7 | You asked if it would be possible for certain material witnesses to stay on at the Lodge for an extra night while you continue your investigations on the spot . |
8 | So , for example , we see the pupils messing around , ‘ to get back at the teachers for telling them off and putting them in detention , ’ or using physical violence after being unjustly accused of a misdemeanour , or being given a ‘ soft ’ teacher . |
9 | The girl later admitted she made the story up to get back at the teacher for punishing her boyfriend . |