Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So that 's that 's the way to use that is not to talk to it but to have a silence while you 're writing er and then to stand at the side while you making the points that are that are associated with what you 've written up .
2 I would have to guess at the others because I did n't do erm sums on the other ones it was only on the last play but if it 's on the same sort of erm proportions , then I would say somewhere around thirty percent of the audience are concessions .
3 He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’
4 They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice .
5 She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients .
6 You 're supposed to write the minutes for this meeting on the back of the agenda , now , I know very few people who ever actually do that , er , I always want to look at the agenda when I 'm taking my notes .
7 She turned to look at the registrar as he strode smiling into the room , and her bemused expression must have registered .
8 There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists .
9 ‘ You want to look at the toys while I go in here ? ’
10 A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow .
11 I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that .
12 Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking .
13 Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her .
14 The gunmen continued to fire at the house after he managed to scramble inside and slam the front door shut .
15 I 'll probably have to do me tour of the quayside to start at the beginning where we went
16 The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again .
17 This causes a reaction even after they have been entangled for the rabbits are inclined to bite at the net if they are left within it for too long .
18 Children came to laugh at the animals as they rocked autistically or broke into tantrums ; creatures accustomed to marking out miles of territory in a single day were now constrained to prowl and circle in a few narrow yards .
19 The corrective operation could not be undertaken until the child was three months old , and the doctor recommended that the child should be allowed to stay at the hospital until she was due for surgery , her condition producing difficulties in feeding .
20 It 's difficult to get at the timbers once you 've insulated , so get the job done properly and carry out the treatment before insulating the loft .
21 For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper .
22 ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly .
23 Our daughter wanted me ( Dave ) to preach at the funeral because she said , ‘ I do n't want my brother 's death to have been a total loss .
24 ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ?
25 He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable .
26 One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) .
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