Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These situations may be characterised not by the actual risk felt in the situation but by the potential for risky situations to occur at the junction . |
| 2 | K Thousands of coal miners marched through central London to protest at the Government 's bungled pit closures . |
| 3 | IVAN Lendl joined the long list of seeded players to fall at the US Open when he was forced to retire because of tendinitis in his left knee . |
| 4 | After all , she had signed Sting in the first place ( she had even given him a list of music-business lawyers to consult at the time , but he had used the Newcastle lawyer because he was cheaper ) . |
| 5 | Sometimes it appears that the mere act of measuring them in order to manufacture a candle of corresponding dimensions to burn at the tomb was sufficient to effect the cure . |
| 6 | Perhaps , with its powerful jaws , it also routinely crunched up bones of dead carcasses to get at the marrow , a scavenger-cum-predator like today 's lion or hyaena . |
| 7 | Then you came into this library to look at the books , spending perhaps twenty minutes here . |
| 8 | Leave five minutes before each interview to look at the candidate 's application form/letter , and any particular questions noted down while first reading it . |
| 9 | He had always been a socialist and a pacifist , a brave position for a man in public life to adopt at the time , and he and his colleagues paid a heavy price for his principles when in 1940 the BBC banned the Glasgow Orpheus Choir from the air waves . |
| 10 | It is interesting in this context to look at the large ( 2 MW ) windmill built largely by students at a college complex in Tvind , Denmark . |
| 11 | I tell you , she actually laughs at me — ; breaking off from this inquisition to laugh at the thought of me being a pacifist . |
| 12 | Other specific provision includes an ESL ( English as a Second Language ) initiative which seeks to help unwaged individuals from ethnic minorities to look at the skills involved in setting up small businesses or entering self-employment . |
| 13 | Smallfry walked with him all the way to the playground , where the other children bunched together in little groups to stare at the absentee and his beautiful mother . |
| 14 | Italy was in many ways at the heart of musical activities during the eighteenth century ; composers came from other countries to study at the various centres and Italian music was exported the world over . |
| 15 | In the interval there would be pressure on Scottish MPs to abstain at the second vote on the ground that their constituents were not affected . |
| 16 | He said that it might take two to three years to arrive at the complete version of the social audit , which will be sent to all shareholders with the financial statements . |
| 17 | Unfolding the notice , she found it was a call to Italian women to demonstrate at the NATO base where the camp had been set up . |
| 18 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 19 | William Symons must have been a wild one for in July of the same year he and Elizabeth Cole also of Halling , were both bound over for twenty shillings to appear at the next gaol delivery . |
| 20 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
| 21 | It is crucial for any player to look at the ball with both eyes level , so as to judge the line and length properly . |
| 22 | The preceding section has emphasised the day-to-day actions in the money market , but it is also useful at this stage to look at the aggregate position in recent years which is shown in Table 6.2 . |
| 23 | Hong Kong casts a spell over the visitor almost as soon as your aircraft weaves its way between high-rise blocks to land at the chaotic airport . |