Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And er when you get up to speak at the conference , you have to give your name and the reason why you 're there . |
2 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
3 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
4 | One major difference in the auction business between America and Britain is the amount of travelling that one does : in one week one may do an ‘ appraisal day ’ ( the equivalent of the British Antiques Road Show ) in Pennsylvania and then go on to look at a dinner service in Baltimore . |
5 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |
6 | I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because |
7 | Remember in numerical questions to write in your scripts the steps that you go through to arrive at a solution . |
8 | I drank to the Conon Corbetts , glad , as st Augustine wrote , that ‘ men go out to wonder at the Mountain Heights . ’ |
9 | As they walked up towards the main road , he was surprised to see her turn round to wave at the policemen as if they were old friends . |
10 | At the end of the day it is good to be able to think that as you step back to look at the work — especially if you remember to get down from the ladder first . |