Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tour will include a look at the air force 's newest operational bomber , the B-1B , but not the radar-evading B-2 , also known as the Stealth bomber . |
| 2 | ‘ You would win a battle at the Forth crossing . |
| 3 | I did n't get thrown very often , but that is no good if you still do n't win a medal at the end of the day . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
| 5 | The Shrewsbury Biscuit is n't quite as famous as the Bakewell Tart , but is on sale in most of the bakers ; you can buy a recipe at the Tourist Office . |
| 6 | I think Japan was taken by surprise — they did n't expect a tour at the time — but he just decided to do it . |
| 7 | Well we could try and do that my I 've got a workload that would choke a camel at the moment because I 'm also the admin officer at the moment for the Public Relations flight of the R A F E R. |
| 8 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 9 | Er you should give an instruction at the top of the sheet like an exam paper and I write it neatly and you put yeah five bonus marks goes five four three two one . |
| 10 | Could I also say one thing finally , and that is the fact that we 've tried to run together the alteration and the greenbelt local plan as concurrently er as possible , er it would appear that the timing erm is coming together reasonably satisfactorily erm in that we hope that the report from the greenbelt local plan enquiry , is not to er far distant , erm and we would expect , sir , that you will be reporting on the proceedings at this examination in public er in the not to distant future , well I think I did give an undertaking at the greenbelt local plan enquiry that the County Council , because the two are er interrelated to a degree , that I would expect the County Council would not wish to pursue either report er until er the other er is available , and that seems to the County Council to be entirely sensible , that the two reports , the structure plan alteration and the greenbelt local plan enquiry , erm should be looked at together . |
| 11 | Nothing captures this profound relationship like Leonard 's poem , ‘ Last Dance At The Four Penny ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth , pp 73 ) , which perfectly catches the way they could cock a snook at the establishment , scholarly and religious : |
| 12 | Darling , sweet Constanza , let's do it , let's do it now , we are going to have a jolly life you and I , let's cock a snook at the world and the mess it 's in . ’ |
| 13 | For the Christian , it is natural that God should become a person at the Incarnation rather than a dog or a stone , not necessarily because persons are somehow more technically advanced on a scale of being , but because they display the qualities that are most to be valued . |
| 14 | The winners will spend a month at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan , Ireland . |
| 15 | Our lucky Dogs Today winners and their guests will spend an afternoon at the show , with special Champagne tickets and VIP dinner included . |
| 16 | Some small groups within lineages might build a shrine at the burial place of a revered grandfather , call him sidi ( lord ) , and visit the shrine in a group from time to time . |
| 17 | Arthur Ramsey told his daughter that he chose this colour ‘ because anyone could throw a coffee-cup at the wall without it showing ’ . |
| 18 | But although they work well in the older types of glider , they are not practical with the modern machines which have a very docile stall and which will not drop a wing at the stall without gross over-ruddering . |
| 19 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 20 | Did I miss a sign at the airport saying ‘ Welcome to Floridia , home of large meat-eating amphibians up to twelve feet long ’ ? ’ |
| 21 | For example , if I know how to wash a dish at the kitchen sink , how do I wash a dish at the table ? |
| 22 | Prior to the meeting there had been much speculation that Shamir would face a challenge at the meeting ; in the event even Sharon urged the party to unite behind Shamir . |
| 23 | Band date : Stanhope Silver Band will perform a concert at the town hall at 7.30pm on February 25 . |
| 24 | The Stanhope Silver Band will perform a concert at the town hall at 7.30pm on February 25 . |
| 25 | USL is hoping OSF chief David Tory will make an appearance at the debut . |
| 26 | Intel Corp , which last week purred over Univel Inc and Destiny , will doubtless make an appearance at the launch along with three score or more companies including end users , Wall Street firms and uncommitted OEMs , all suddenly interested in what 's going on . |
| 27 | And farmers watching a demonstration of grass cutters did n't bat an eyelid at the state of the pasture . |
| 28 | Duchamp did not bat an eyelid at the destruction of his ‘ Large Glass ’ , while Munch deliberately exposed his famous pictures of ‘ The Scream ’ to the severe northern climate . |
| 29 | If you want to understand Theology , you 'd better take a gander at the Demonology too … |
| 30 | However , I think I 'd better take a peep at the excavations . |