Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [to-vb] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably this assault had to mean trouble for some of their own folk , since they must drive through the outer ring of Scots to get at the enemy — the cost which had caused Ramsay momentarily to hesitate . |
| 2 | I began 1982 with a series of visits to look at the issues which were facing the health service . |
| 3 | The first prizewinner will also receive £250 worth of vouchers to spend at a range of top high-street stores ; the 12 second prizewinners get £80 worth of vouchers . |
| 4 | Oh , why do n't you make what you 've got cos you 've got a lot of things to make at the moment , and then come back and choose another time , hm . |
| 5 | To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre . |
| 6 | They function as a diversion to the eye , a focus for a view , a foretaste of grandeurs to come at the entrance to a park . |
| 7 | Carpenter bees use their saw-jaws to cut holes in the sides of flowers to get at the nectaries . |
| 8 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |