Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 2 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 3 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 4 | Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps . |
| 5 | These issues were being raised in the deliberations of a SCOTVEC review group which included representatives of SED , SEB and SCCC and which had been set up to look at the acceptability of non-vocational modules in National Certificate . |
| 6 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |
| 7 | According the Wellcome the study was set up to look at the effect of acyclovir against cytomegalovirus , a type of herpes virus , and was stopped after no difference was found in frequency of CMV disease between patients taking acyclovir and those taking a placebo . |
| 8 | In January 1989 , the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities convened a meeting of a group set up to look at the effect of these centres on authority centres . |
| 9 | After a distinguished student career at Emmanuel College , Cambridge , he went on to study at the University of Paris under Suzanne Bastid . |
| 10 | I squeezed my way out to find at the foot of the cathedral steps the white helmets of a military band celebrating Easter state-style , surrounded by the boy soldiers of Peru in grey , black and khaki , armed with machine-guns . |
| 11 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 13 | In the small city of Sydney , Nova Scotia , a thousand did turn out to protest at the loss of the local train . |
| 14 | My favourite tale , comes from Corner Pool , when Rob was fishing one cold March day : ‘ I was about to start at the top of the pool when I happened to spot a flicker of movement close to the north bank . |
| 15 | The train from the Back of Beyond is about to arrive at the Middle of Nowhere . |
| 16 | The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes . |
| 17 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |