Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Size will evaporate in the course of the years , and new writing will blur and spread at the edges . |
| 2 | A quick end , rather than torture and rape at the hands of those barbarians in the hall . |
| 3 | Do you mind and sit at the table |
| 4 | But after a minute he let his hands drop and picked at the rubbish in the bin . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind more work , ’ Anna said , ‘ but I have to confess that my heart does rather quail and fail at the thought of three times as much French jacquard-weaving machinery specifications to translate as I have already . ’ |
| 6 | Before the double dais sat a small , slight , unimpressive man who frequently could not recall , sometimes could not hear and peered at the briefing books through wire-rimmed glasses . |
| 7 | We 've brought forward the Readers Poll slightly this year so that we can swoon and rail and curse at the results as part of our New Year offensive . |
| 8 | It 's a great barn of a pub with a high ceiling , a balcony area and lots of glass in the south wall so you can drink and look at the Thames without having to smell it . |
| 9 | For most delegates the interesting part of the Conference is the address of the General Secretary , Ciaran Ryan in a wide-ranging and thought provoking address reviewed the events of the past ‘ eventful two years ’ , looked at current issues and outlined some of the specific issues which the incoming Executive Committee would have to take up , Jobs , their retention and creation were major issues and closely connected was the position of part-time workers in the industry who were exploited in many instances and also temporary staff who were ‘ fired and let go and threatened at the drop of a hat ’ . |
| 10 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 11 | Oh shall we go and sit at the cafe ? |
| 12 | Perhaps we three could go and eat at the Cross Keys in Chelsea . ’ |
| 13 | Can I just go and shout at the office please ? |
| 14 | I know , Thérèse shouted : let's go and look at the kittens . |
| 15 | ‘ While you 're brushing down your overcoat , Anne , Christine and I will go and look at the tree and see if we can climb up to the apples . ’ |
| 16 | Well I think I 'd better go and look at the jam again . |
| 17 | ‘ I must go and look at the chicken pie , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 18 | I 'll just go and look at the underwear . |
| 19 | ‘ Let's go and look at the railway , ’ said Peter . |
| 20 | I wonder why he did n't go and work at the bank ? ’ |
| 21 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 22 | But I tell you that many from eastern parts and western parts would come and recline at the table with Abraham , Isaac and Jacob and the kingdom of the heavens , whereas the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into darkness outside , that , there is where the weaken and the nation of the two |
| 23 | ‘ Can I come and sit at the table with you when the eggs and bacon are ready ? ’ |
| 24 | Many from eastern parts and western parts will come and decline at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens and erm as regards to these ones , Abraham , Isaac and Jacob erm , at the kingdom of the heavens , while these ones were born before Jesus were n't they ? |
| 25 | Mm , in other words why did , why did he continue in chapter eleven go on about there will be many in eastern parts will come and required at the table or in other words in the kingdom |
| 26 | The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ . |
| 27 | Can I interrupt and say at the moment that there 's a vast difference between a site which is set up indiscriminately on some layby somewhere with no direction or control and no facilities there , and the sort of the thing that we 're talking about . |
| 28 | Do you remember being dressed in everything that you could wear and protesting at the heat ? |
| 29 | I had gone too far and experienced too much , I needed to slow down , to get back to the small things , the practical things , to measuring and cutting and fixing , and it was with relief that I noticed that daylight had begun to invade the room , I kept quite still , I held the glass firmly in my gaze , gradually the elements already worked on began to emerge , some more clearly than others , some in outline only and some only when they impeded the free flow of light through the glass , until the sun came up and was reflected back from the windows of the house opposite and I could sit and look at the glass and think back through the work and the mistakes and the few successes , and sense again with that sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach that the whole of the right hand side of the lower panel was still a mess , nothing there had been resolved , but then I drew back from that , though it kept trying to pull me back to itself , and concentrated on what was beginning to work , on the left hand areas both top and bottom and on the elegance of the frame and the joy of seeing the bare walls and the wainscoting appear through the empty areas , and as I moved round so different parts of the room appeared and the relation of the surface of the glass to what lay behind changed , precision and fluidity , precision and fluidity , he wrote , choice and chance , not choice alone and chance alone but the two together , that is why delay , not stoppage and not flow but delay , delay in glass , he wrote , as when the plane is late and you should have been gone , have already arrived perhaps , but you are still there , or the sprinter beats the gun and the whole field is called back , the race could have been over but it has not yet started . |