Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him . |
| 2 | We hope very much it will be useful , but as I tried to stress at the beginning , we very much see the problems of developing countries , which we in the Institute are working on , as part of the problems of what 's going wrong in the world at the moment , in which we in Britain very much have a stake too . |
| 3 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
| 4 | That fact that in , a two years time I can go on to do the subjects that I want to do at the University in Scotland of my choice . |
| 5 | Firstly I want to look at the idea of partnership . |
| 6 | ‘ No , I want to look at the ponies with Ricky , ’ said Perdita , frantic not to miss a minute . |
| 7 | I want to look at the consequences of replacing these assumptions by two others : that we should concentrate on how mind might develop out of matter ; and that we should view the mind primarily as something which enables action . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry to inflict this on you , Miss Glynn , but I want to look at the contents of the bureau amongst other things and it is better that a member of the family should be present . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to look at the bodies . ’ |
| 10 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
| 11 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
| 12 | So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us . |
| 13 | ‘ I came to look at the gravestone . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 15 | Then what am I going to do at the weekends ? |
| 16 | Later , after I had qualified as a teacher and got married , I began to study at the university , teaching at a school during the day . |
| 17 | When I come to paint , I like to look at the drawing ; then I put it away and do n't look at it again , because I do n't want even the drawing to influence too much the progress of the painting . |
| 18 | Well , when I was asked to speak to you today , I decided to look at the Oxford Dictionary 's definition of Community , which is joint ownership or liability . |
| 19 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 20 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 21 | Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university . |
| 22 | The kitchen looked so clean and bright , and the ladies so kind and sensible , that I dared to knock at the door . |
| 23 | THE FIRST thing I had to do at the NME was draw a cucumber . |
| 24 | I had to tell at the table . |
| 25 | On reading the Echo report I had to look at the top of the page to make certain that the date was June 1st and not April 1st . |
| 26 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 27 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 28 | ‘ I prefer to look at the original ! ’ |
| 29 | The Hotel Manila has now been transformed into a Ramada Renaissance Hotel , with correspondingly high prices , so I prefer to stay at the Hotel Gaudi , still unspoilt , which has the advantage of being right opposite the enchanting Theatre Museum . |
| 30 | Erm I I 'm not sure I need to look at the sheet I I thought it was ten when I looked . |