Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time has come to look at the Treaty of European Union and the philosophy which lies behind it in a little more detail . |
| 2 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
| 3 | This phase will only be entered if no errors were detected during the prepass phase and the user has selected to continue at the end of the prepass phase . |
| 4 | As part of a reassessment of its priorities , SERC has had to look at the balance of its forward planning , in particular to ensure that the funding of grants can recover from necessary short-term stringencies . |
| 5 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |
| 6 | The Cabinet broke up without reaching a final decision , only to be warned by John Major that it risks having to meet at the weekend . |
| 7 | It is nice to follow the first Conservative Back-Bench Member who seems to have looked at the Bill without blinkers . |
| 8 | The development of agronomic research into soil conserving practices also ( in four cases where the search discovered projects with this component ) seems to have occurred at the research station , and on the land of a handful of farmers . |
| 9 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 10 | It 's expected to look at the affect of the closure and what can be done about it . |
| 11 | I used to ring up the ambulance people : ‘ There 's a fight and somebody 's got hurt at the Queen 's Head . ’ |
| 12 | In his account Norton claims to have arrived at the Elixir of Gold but to have had it stolen by a servant . |