Example sentences of "[vb base] and [vb base] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the language of the press release , breathlessly informing us that a speculator whose environmental record is not exactly unblemished and whose monstrous Land 's End ‘ facilities ’ are a blight against all aesthetic considerations , really does care what happens to the dear little flowers that have taken eternity to develop , and the cuddly cliff faces which shake and quiver at the climber 's intrusive touch . |
| 2 | Sit and relax at the Bellevue San Lorenzo |
| 3 | You and Larry sit and eat at the table . |
| 4 | For some teachers , problems arose when they sought to reconcile this expectation with their simultaneous sense of obligation to monitor , diagnose , assess and interact at the level of the individual child . |
| 5 | We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair . |
| 6 | As a few of us stand and look at the Germans , Mills Roberts appears with a few of his Officers . |
| 7 | ‘ He used to go down there and stand and look at the frieze Bulkeley was carving ; the one that will surmount the cart and later be hung in the chantry chapel at the other end of this house . |
| 8 | I wave and clap at the crowd , blow kisses at them and bow , it is not theatricality but very genuine feeling . |
| 9 | So when you try and look at the sun you ca n't see it . |
| 10 | Could I take er , a minute and , and just try and look at the steps that you 've gone through and I , I tried to write down as you were doing it , giving your presentation , the steps which I think everybody eventually went through either formally or informally and I think if we look at these steps you 'll agree yes , I needed that and I did that or , we did n't do it formally . |
| 11 | We try and look at the risk to see if it warrants an extra premium . |
| 12 | ‘ Go and sit at the table . |
| 13 | Go and look at the clock you are thinking about and see whether or not you were right . |
| 14 | Botanical guides had their heyday during the Victorian mania for fern-collection , which stripped the mountains bare of many of the rarest species — go and look at the grave of ‘ Wil Boots ’ in Nant Peris churchyard for the story of this in miniature . |
| 15 | . Go and look at the garden . . |
| 16 | Go and look at the stones . |
| 17 | The annual celebration of the ‘ World day of the Sick ’ , therefore , has the manifest purpose of making the People of God and , as a consequence , the many Catholic health care institutions and civil society itself , more aware of the necessity of ensuring the best possible care for the infirm ; of helping the sick person to make the most of suffering , on the human level , but most of all on the supernatural one ; of especially helping the dioceses , Christian communities and religious families to be involved in the health care of apostolate ; of enhancing the ever more valuable commitment of volunteers ; or reminding people of the importance of the spiritual and moral training of health care workers , and last of all of creating a better understanding of the importance of religious care for the sick among diocesan and religious priests , as well as among those who live and work at the side of the person in pain . |
| 18 | Does Birmingham want a centre where people live and work , or a shopping complex that draws in people who live and sleep at the end of the bus routes ? |
| 19 | The far-sighted politician must do a ‘ thought experiment ’ and apply the test of war : would the British ever be willing to see British troops fight and die at the behest of the successors of M Jacques Delors , without the British Government giving the final yea or nay ? |
| 20 | Boats come and go at the waterfront |
| 21 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 22 | okay colleague , come and wait at the front , alright . |
| 23 | Come and look at the map . " |
| 24 | ‘ Will it be all right , ’ she ventured to say , ‘ if I come and look at the orchids tomorrow ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Come and look at the scene . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Come and look at the fireplaces , ’ said William , and they filed dutifully into the room Tess had just come out of . |
| 27 | come and look at the gates sub- contract planning committee which has already had a look at that |
| 28 | Come and look at the place , William had said , it 's like everyone 's dream of a Victorian childhood . |
| 29 | — If you ca n't answer these kinds of question , rewind and look at the section again . |