Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 No oranges will taste the same as those we ate on t hose Saturday mornings , saving the peel to throw at the screen when Roy Rogers brought out his guitar to serenade Dale Evans across a Texas campfire that was flickering in an enchanted cave in a Manchester street .
2 I 'll probably have to do me tour of the quayside to start at the beginning where we went
3 little support are most affected and we need to er , go back to what Kathleen was saying about education , we need to help young girls get self-confidence , more se , coping skills to deal with these pressures , but also , as other people have said , we need to get the government to look at the fact as , that encourage women to keep smoking and address those issues as well .
4 A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow .
5 ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly .
6 There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists .
7 It was a reasonable thing to do at the time as the fund was in surplus .
8 It is a good idea to know at the outset whether the members of the critical mass will be willing and able to respond appropriately to the change ; then , if it is determined that certain members are unwilling or unable , that situation can be planned for and dealt with .
9 Slides were used to punctuate the talk , as well as to illustrate points , but he had a tendency to look at the screen while speaking , which is distracting .
10 The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again .
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