Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well I 'd like to look at the national implications of this . |
| 9 | At a running start you should plan to start at the downwind end . |
| 10 | ‘ Would you like to eat at the same place ? ’ he asked , taking no risks . |
| 11 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 12 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 13 | you do have to remember at the same time that these documents would be going home and |
| 14 | The research is aimed at drawing on the history of Soviet economic relations with the LDCs as a basis for monitoring the changes brought about first by ‘ perestroika ’ and then by the disintegration of the USSR ; it will then analyse the effect on the developing countries concerned and evaluate the profit and loss account of their economic relations with the Soviet Union ; it will also look at the relevance of these relations to the Soviet economy and that of the constituent republics ; and finally it will try to look at the future prospects of the relationship between the less developed countries and the individual republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 15 | With this résumé as a foretaste , let us proceed to look at the various components of Kuhn 's scheme in more detail . |
| 16 | She would have to look at the local papers . |
| 17 | And she would have to smile at the first question and say , ‘ Oh , no , no , of course lot . |
| 18 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 19 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 20 | In the future , if ever my old feelings about Mr Rochester began to return , I would only have to glance at the two pictures to see the great difference between us , and in this way common sense would destroy my foolish dreams . |
| 21 | The old slate quarry here is one of the largest man-made holes in Britain , and such is the fascination that holes in the ground exercise on the mind of man that there are special viewing platforms where visitors may stand to gape at the awesome chasm . |
| 22 | As for magic , which readers of Frazer 's The Golden Bough might suppose to lie at the very centre of the anthropologist 's interests , I can only say that , after a lifetime 's career as a professional anthropologist , I have almost reached the conclusion that the word has no meaning whatever . |
| 23 | Later we shall come to look at the practical areas where conflict is most often experienced and what can be done about it . |
| 24 | On the assumption that they would continue to fall at the same rate as in the first half of the decade , it was estimated that the population would be only one tenth of its size in a hundred years time . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it may have more to do with my age — but I do feel I have got four or five years more at the top level in the game and I would love to perform at the top level of the Premier League . |
| 26 | ‘ It is n't the weather for sightseeing , but he might care to look at the old Adlon hotel . ’ |
| 27 | She could not bear to look at the fallen doll in white satin and tulle . |
| 28 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 29 | On the TBM everything can be done simultaneously : emergency oxygen on , power back to idle and start to dive at the same moment . |
| 30 | Hence they are faced with a dilemma : the business may continue to operate at the same level , but without the prospect of expansion , or they may alter the form of business enterprise to a partnership or a company . |