Example sentences of "and [vb base] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 2 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 3 | I climb the stairs and hesitate at the front door . |
| 4 | They climb over the fence , and knock at the next-door maisonette . |
| 5 | ‘ Feed him cotton wool sandwiches and wait at the other end ! ’ said the vet . |
| 6 | The American approach has traditionally been to offer a range of models , like Cessna and Piper 's basic two-seat trainers , the 152 and Tomahawk at the bottom end of the range for training , leading on to the Cessna 172 or PA 28 for the experienced pilot owner . |
| 7 | They begin at one end of the hall and finish at the other end , the North American steadily retreating , the South American relentlessly advancing . |
| 8 | But we need our own voice and vote at the top table to take us to the heat of Europe , not leave us on the periphery . ’ |
| 9 | And the three lorries could back underneath and load and go down and tip at the Golden Wharf at Lyness . |
| 10 | Thus when carnal and financial imagery in the tale finally merge in the puns taille and taillynge at the very end , it is an emblem of how much deeper the " " bretherhede " " and " " cosynage " " runs that the monk and the merchant imagine exists between them in the form of play , or as a polite figure of speech , and how concrete it is . |
| 11 | ’ ‘ Mon and look at the nice show in the League of Nations place , or thae big battleships and bombers painted on the walls over there . |
| 12 | Let's go to the end of the garden and look at the ghastly thing that Martin flogged us . " |
| 13 | I asked Duncan to come over the road and look at the unmade road where I 'd left Armstrong . |
| 14 | Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’ |
| 15 | You do n't need to be a wine expert to make the right choice of wines for any of your Christmas meals — simply take a trip to Safeway , recently awarded the title of Supermarket Wine Merchant of the Year 92/93 and look at the staggering array of wines on offer . |
| 16 | But I say that er just er look at that , and look at the particular roof line . |
| 17 | And look at the wild sorrel ! |
| 18 | You may see a guy wandering in and out groups and that 's a guy called Geoff who works for the British National Corpus and these are the people who are trying to have or produce ten million words of the written word and a hundred million erm spoken words , which is a corpus whereby , er come and look at the English language at some time in the future and identify and listen to some of your and your dialects and what you said so make sure you have lots of input as we 've got quite a broad spectrum of different dialects today but he 'll be wandering in and out er throughout today . |
| 19 | But try and look at the fundamental basis of what they 're trying to put over to you on the video , okay ? |
| 20 | erm Yes it 's quite interesting I mean the if you go and look at the computerised facility that I 'd found about communications training , there are something like three hundred and ninety two sources of training in Scotland . |
| 21 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 22 | He advertised for sale a watch and ring at the total price of £5,950 . |
| 23 | Since HWIM 's acoustic-phonetic component can not be relied upon to correctly segment and label at the phonetic level , a number of alternative hypotheses have to be maintained to ensure that the right word has a chance of being considered . |
| 24 | They were not , Leading Seaman , now Sub-Lieutenant Saunders also came to see the Minister , and stay at the small guest house in Lillie Road . |
| 25 | In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages . |
| 26 | From a free kick on the right , Chris Williams sent over the accurate ball for Steve Hodges to meet unchallenged and score at the far corner with his head . |
| 27 | They turn clinical description on its head , as they talk about the trauma of infertility treatments , the pain ( emotional and physical ) , hopes and dreams , and anger at the medical world . |
| 28 | You have to follow the rules and work at the right pace to make it work . |
| 29 | He had moved a mile or so up the valley to live at Bullhouse Lodge and work at the nearby corn mill . |