Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 2 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 3 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 4 | It was like watching someone push at an invisible turnstile . |
| 5 | The fact that we may have no reason to say of someone looking at a blue flower that it looks blue to him does not mean that it does not look blue to him . |
| 6 | ‘ We must hold our nerve , ’ Malik was saying , ‘ and have someone look at the damn manuscript . |
| 7 | ‘ Get someone to look at the new evidence you turned up . |
| 8 | Just then , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 9 | After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 10 | Someone calling at The Two Pheasants , I suppose , or at the Shoosmiths . ’ |
| 11 | Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door . |
| 12 | He looked up as someone rattled at the front door of the shop ; irritably he waved them away . |
| 13 | And Joe waited , cruelly , and nothing happened at the other end of the line . |
| 14 | Ageing machinery that opens or teases wool , a ‘ fearnought ’ , has also been moved away from the blend bins and a new one inserted at an earlier stage of production . |
| 15 | However one looks at the early movies one comes up against the decisive contribution of the showmen , but obviously their role was most noticeable in the way the movies were presented . |
| 16 | If one looks at the early development of vertebrae it becomes clearer just how segmental much of our own early development is . |
| 17 | Even if one looks at the political structure of England one can see the division , and there is no doubt that political dominance was heavily weighted in favour of the South and the Midlands . |
| 18 | So the more closely one looks at the criminal statistics the more complicated and problematic they become . |
| 19 | Will my hon. Friend reflect on the mirror image of those charges , when one looks at the Liberal Democrat and Labour party Front-Bench spokesmen to see how many come from Scottish constituencies and frequently and regularly speak on purely English matters ? |
| 20 | If one looks at the international scene — as any university or special librarian must — the range of choice is further amplified , especially since publishing in the Third World is expanding very quickly . |
| 21 | It should also be noted that in determining the amount of income available up to the end of any year one looks at the aggregate amount of the income arising under the settlement in that year and in any previous year which has not been distributed and one deducts an amount equal to tax at the rate applicable to trusts on the aggregate amount of income , arising under the settlement in the year of payment and any previous year , which has not been distributed . |
| 22 | It seems to me that when one looks at the brief findings and reasons of the justices given at the conclusion of the hearing , or even if one were to look at the more elaborate reasons which they have compiled subsequently for the purpose of his appeal , then their decision was plainly wrong . |
| 23 | But nevertheless it 's im important to remember that this is a survey erm which is conducted at the time of year when most compan or many companies raise their list prices and if one looks at the past sort of record of this survey both at the regional level and the national level , one generally does see a bit of an upturn in the pr in the prices numbers at this time of year because people are raising their list prices erm and once you allow for that erm I think these numbers are er very good in terms of prices trends , very low for the time of year . |
| 24 | What my , my honourable friend raises a very interesting point because er when I we studied er the law relating to partnerships one of the basic er er principals was the personal relationship between partners and I 'm bound to say that when one looks at the headed notepaper of these big multi national accountancy firms sometimes the names of which cover most of the letter and there 's very little room in fact left er for the message . |
| 25 | If one looks at the continuing difficulties in eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet empire , which some now call the UFFR — the union of fewer and fewer republics — one sees that those troubles could trigger off large movements of displaced persons across national frontiers . |
| 26 | there 's usually two racing together in this one , but they 're in separate tracks and one starts at the outside track |
| 27 | The argument is that he had power to enjoy so much of the income of Attleborough [ the overseas company ] as was spent in expenses , etc , so that by this route one arrives at a taxable amount of net income . |
| 28 | With a star of greater mass , everything happens at an accelerated rate , and the star 's active life is much shorter than with our sedate Sun . |
| 29 | Close inspection makes one marvel at the intricate perfection of nature opposed to the finest fashion houses . |
| 30 | One marvelled at the two-mile-long queue for Lenin 's tomb , and the loving care with which the Russians have restored the winter and summer palaces of the Czars after the destruction of World War Two . |