Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started putting in more hours and sometimes found reason to sleep at the office , hoping I could sleep off this feeling of falling out of love . |
| 2 | After only eight lessons Arlene asked Paula to wait at the end of class . |
| 3 | Referring to the latest spate of bombings , Mr Trimble urged Ministers to answer at the despatch box ‘ instead of their shameful silence , which demonstrates their ineptitude and incompetence . ’ |
| 4 | The meeting urged cadres to work at the frontline as " vanguard models " to demonstrate the " strong leadership provided by the superior socialist system " in triumphing over natural disasters . |
| 5 | In 1710 financiers in the City of London had formed the South Sea Company to bid for the right to use the privileges they expected Britain to get at the end of the war . |
| 6 | Gabo , Moore and Hepworth took sections and punched holes to get at the space within . |