Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 2 | A number of that 25-35 age range were brought in as one of two groups who had an opportunity to look at the various stages while the possible designs were still being examined . |
| 3 | erm the west bank option for widen worsen road to be abandoned , that I quite agree with and design on , and then follow that , I 'd like erm do environmental report for members to be or for members to look at the environmental report before it comes here . |
| 4 | ‘ I would hope a club of the stature of Nottingham Forest might have been more willing to look at the domestic market if they wanted a young keeper . ’ |
| 5 | But erm I I do n't , still do n't see from this how we 're going to look at the underlying systems because it 's the system that concerns me . |
| 6 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 7 | The court heard that Mr Hale 's crew was one of the first to arrive at the underground station after the fire broke out . |
| 8 | Norman had mentioned that they needed to fill up with petrol and must be sure to call at the all-night garage after they left the Clarence . |
| 9 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |
| 10 | Corbett asked the others to stay at the great gate whilst he went across the open square . |
| 11 | We want to stay at the top level while doing the same things we did 40 years ago . |
| 12 | Offering that transfer price to Division A will induce it to trade at the required volume as we have arranged that , at that volume , its marginal cost is equal to its marginal revenue ( the transfer price ) . |