Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four former South African police officers were sought by the Namibian authorities to testify at the trial , but had refused to come forward , despite being offered immunity from prosecution . |
| 2 | The Institute 's Education & Training Directorate and the General Practitioner Board have been watching the falling numbers of students training in small firms with deep concern and both have set up working parties to look at the problems . |
| 3 | He wiped the sweat from his forehead , willing Graham to appear at the window . |
| 4 | Although the two never met , they both forged a figurative style out of the Abstract Expressionism raging all about them — not the most popular move to make at the time . |
| 5 | ‘ If it 's so easy for Rain Morgan of the Daily Post to get at the truth , it 's a secret which ca n't be kept . ’ |
| 6 | It does not take a well-qualified anthropologist to guess at the impact on self-esteem , relationships , and family lifestyles . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It simply would not be tolerated for the old style to continue at the expense of progress . ’ |
| 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 | A ‘ birder 's bird ’ , it is one of the most difficult species on the British List to identify at a distance . |
| 11 | I picked out a selection , deciding on even numbers only because it seemed like a sensible thing to do at the time . |
| 12 | It was the taste of Spring at climax , of an afternoon in which , at the touch of the rising breeze , cherry-blossom floated from the boughs in a frail pink torrent of petals that drifted through the shimmering heat-haze to cling at the sweat on one 's skin . |
| 13 | A game of darts at the local pub ; just as much a favourite way to relax at the end of the day 50 years ago , as it is now . |
| 14 | The men from the lorry picked their way through a graveyard of broken stones to pray at a sheikh 's white-domed tomb , while we made our way across a wide flood plain of gravel and cracked mud to the river . |
| 15 | Mr Whitty told delegates the NEC had given them ‘ adequate time to look at the reviews ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ It was felt it was in the public interest to look at the company which was already insolvent , ’ said a DTI spokeswoman . |
| 17 | The world championship is the ultimate ; any top player to lose at the Crucible can consider it a failure . ’ |
| 18 | So as far as you 're concerned , P E Ps have got a tremendous part to play at the moment , and I do recommend that you take advantage of them . |
| 19 | Incidentally , the pineapple is a sign of hospitality , making this a very appropriate dish to serve at a party . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Please make early arrangements to pay at a council office or post office ’ . |
| 22 | K Thousands of coal miners marched through central London to protest at the Government 's bungled pit closures . |
| 23 | On 20 March he had his first official invitation to dine at the Tuileries , where he was seated next to the Empress . |
| 24 | Enraged by the wine bar 's policy of forbidding them to stand with their male colleagues to drink at the bar , Hall and her cohorts decided to stage a protest . |
| 25 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 26 | The typical pattern is for the Japanese businessman to eat at a restaurant in the evening and thereafter go to a bar or cabaret . |
| 27 | Vi walked across the echoing emptiness to gaze at the mantel shelf and the reminders it held of Gerry . |
| 28 | The commission is now going to set up a special working group to look at the problem . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most striking point to note at the outset is that the Black Death itself had a comparatively limited effect on wages and the supply of land . |
| 30 | 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 . |