Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 2 | They include a party of German businessmen , keen to try their hand at the traditional Highland Games sports of shot-putting and caber-tossing , and a group of Australians . |
| 3 | Failing to hide his irascibility at the belligerent critic , Lord Ridley adopted a tactic other directors may be well advised to follow to silence unruly shareholders . |
| 4 | A chance to try your hand at the ancient art of Drystone Walling . |
| 5 | The band were forced to cancel their appearance at the recent MTV awards ceremony due to Gallup 's ill health . |
| 6 | Wembley says it welcomes Swindon Town , but not all Robins supporters will be able to sample its hospitality at the big match on Monday . |
| 7 | In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes . |
| 8 | He had had to conceal his revulsion at the creased and thumbed photographs handed round from desk to desk at school — those grey girls with their balloon breasts and gaping hairy forks . |
| 9 | Although in prose — as one says , perhaps too much influenced by the conventions of the comedies — this is one of the most serious scenes in the play ( 91–229 ) , and when the soldiers have left the King ascends to verse for what is to me the most deeply felt speech of all : In his own persona the King speaks verse , entering on to a prose-scene between Fluellen and Gower to express his anger at the French murder of the luggage-minders , and continuing in verse to Fluellen ( IV.vii.55–118 ) . |
| 10 | Sir Joseph Banks had pioneered the effort to transplant useful species from one area to another , and hoped to use his position at the royal botanical gardens at Kew to further the interests of Britain 's overseas colonies . |
| 11 | China is known to be worried about who to send to plead its cause at the final presentations in Monte Carlo on September 23rd . |
| 12 | We wish to voice our dismay at the one-sided approach the article took , and note that our comments have never been requested . |
| 13 | Mr Foxon himself was attacked with a crowbar at the same site just last week and the firm has had to double its guard at the retail park . |
| 14 | The lay people of Durham were proud to have their bishop at the right hand of the Queen . |
| 15 | Already he sported a blond mustache that was a passable imitation of the older man 's , and he twisted a strand or two of it between finger and thumb as he shot a comic grimace of pain in Joseph 's direction to convey his discomfort at the extravagant declaration of faith in him . |
| 16 | In these instances you may choose to have your dinner at the Euro Disneyland Theme Park before returning to your hotel . |
| 17 | A failure to pay your salary at the agreed time , for example , might not in itself amount to constructive dismissal , although if the delay were prolonged or repeated subsequently , the position could be different . |
| 18 | Eleanor sent Richard and Geoffrey to join their brother at the French King 's court while she herself summoned the Poitevins to arms . |
| 19 | The elegant one turned the neatly-coiffed head on her long neck and looked apprehensively around the room , careful to suppress her alarm at the primitive scene into which she had intruded . |
| 20 | ‘ It having been stated to Samuel Whitbread Esq. , and to me … that Mary Flint , now in the Bedford Infirmary , is in danger of death in consequence of the wounds and injuries which she received from you , we intend to take her examination at the said Infirmary on Tuesday 8th October inst. at 1 o'clock of the afternoon of which I give you this notice that you may if you think proper be present . ’ |
| 21 | He lingered to shine his lamp at the half-finished water colour in the window before turning at last into the alleyway leading to the churchyard . |
| 22 | And of course the deterrents that we 've had , over the years , when they they 've been of the emotive and knee jerk sort , and I remember the short sharp shock for instance , under Whitelaw , they did n't work , because they were n't thought out , they were just to make them clap at the Tory party conference . |
| 23 | During his convalescence he met the girl who was to become his wife at the local hunt ball and married her before returning to France . |
| 24 | He had been able to moisten his throat at the clear streams of water which crossed the track but the sustenance of ale or wine to which his great frame was accustomed was denied him and he had taken no food since he had shared bread , cheese , and ham with Marian and Allen after the fight with the sturdy beggars . |