Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [verb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer .
2 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 .
3 Sit and relax at the Bellevue San Lorenzo
4 You and Larry sit and eat at the table .
5 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 .
6 We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair .
7 As a few of us stand and look at the Germans , Mills Roberts appears with a few of his Officers .
8 ‘ 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 .
9 In the light from the partly-opened curtains , she could see his head above hers , his neck stretched , his eyes open and staring at the wall above the bed-head .
10 I wave and clap at the crowd , blow kisses at them and bow , it is not theatricality but very genuine feeling .
11 A truly fairy-tale mirage that tugged at the heartstrings .
12 Smile or squirm at the acronym SLUG — there is more to the name than meets the eye .
13 Modern working farm with displays and exhibitions designed to make you listen , feel and smell at every opportunity !
14 No such clear-cut patterns emerge when looking at the substance of their preferences : whom they had chosen to comment on , and whether they regarded them favourably or unfavourably .
15 Well if you use that streaks at the front why do n't you try a wig on .
16 Try that request at a UK Motorway service station and you 'll probably be shown the exit !
17 So when you try and look at the sun you ca n't see it .
18 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 .
19 We try and look at the risk to see if it warrants an extra premium .
20 ‘ I sometimes go and stay at a house where a girl was killed .
21 Go and sit at the table .
22 . If there are bits that you do n't understand and you 're having trouble , give me a phone , I think I put my phone number on the board , give me a ring at home , give me a ring at Aston or come and see me or go and chat to your friends or go go and look at a text book but if that does n't help , then come back , right ?
23 Go and look at the clock you are thinking about and see whether or not you were right .
24 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 .
25 . Go and look at the garden . .
26 Go and look at the stones .
27 ( It is n't relevant whether the creators live or die at the end of ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ ) .
28 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 .
29 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 ?
30 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 ?
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