Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 2 | This review process needs to be carried out on a fairly regular basis , perhaps every six months , and it should include looking at the current state of the market to see if there are any new developments that can be applied . |
| 3 | Or just too tired to do anything but enjoy looking at the pretty lady . |
| 4 | He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign . |
| 5 | If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives . |
| 6 | Of Charles Hutton : ‘ For the accommodation of such gentlemen and ladies as do n't choose to appear at the public school , I propose ( at vacant hours ) to attend them in their own apartments . ’ |
| 7 | He was n't happy , but could only agree when I said I was sure that he would n't want to look at a naked man . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to think about that , I do n't want to look at the actual scene , I 've got over it , have n't I ? … the way she died … and all that went before . |
| 9 | I I th would prefer to look at the vacant dwellings as a single entity rather than necessarily splitting them down between the the the various types . |
| 10 | Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil . |
| 11 | If you would like to look at the second sheet on your erm of the two that you 've got , erm this really brings to mind , one day in St Aldate 's , in the summer of 1643 , when a very hard working , methodical loyal official , Edward Heath , was ordered by the King and his Council to walk around St Aldate 's , and make a list of all the defaulters , all those who had failed to work on the fortifications . |
| 12 | Well I 'd like to look at the national implications of this . |
| 13 | At a running start you should plan to start at the downwind end . |
| 14 | For example , a centred heading above justified text would become blocked at the left-hand margin if Alt+P was applied to it as well as to the text below . |
| 15 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 16 | You should begin exercising at the correct pace . |
| 17 | ‘ Would you like to eat at the same place ? ’ he asked , taking no risks . |
| 18 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 19 | Support Alan on Saturday and contact him with details those items you would like auctioned at the next opportunity in December . |
| 20 | This latest exhibition is not merely an update of the one many will remember visiting at the Royal Academy in 1979 , but a transformation . |
| 21 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 22 | It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin . |
| 23 | At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner . |
| 24 | Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ? |
| 25 | She would never be a great beauty , he knew , but she had a natural charm and personality that lent an extra depth to her character , and he imagined that this would have been how his mother would have looked at a similar age . |
| 26 | Many a display organiser and participant would have looked at the prevailing conditions , shrugged shoulders and turned away from the problem , presented a ‘ weather-out ’ show to the paying public . |
| 27 | In Peking 's eyes , the Nobel Peace Prize could not have come at a worse time . |
| 28 | It could scarcely have come at a worse time . |
| 29 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 30 | For the CEGB , trying to sell nuclear reliability to an increasingly sceptical local population , this could hardly have come at a worse time . |