Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although many babies pull off hats , socks and booties in their first year , they do n't really try to dress or undress at this stage . |
| 2 | Surprisingly , perhaps , I find that walking with no means to draw or paint at all often has the effect of revelation at a particular place and time along the walk . |
| 3 | New ramps that trucks could mount or circumvent at low speeds are one solution . |
| 4 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 5 | Under ‘ mass-production ’ conditions the industry was obliged to keep its labour-teams steadily employed , moving in a planned succession from one undertaking to another , and progressively brought down its costs to reach an ever-widening circle of demand for homes to buy or rent at economic figures . |
| 6 | There were things all three of them knew , and things all three of them were wondering , but no one cared to question or acknowledge at this hour . |
| 7 | ‘ Since that night fifteen years ago , can you touch , smell , or look at white roses — and not think of me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
| 9 | The effect is rather like being in a sensory deprivation tank , in that you ca n't move or react at all . |
| 10 | Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ? |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't put him next to other horses , but he can see them clearly , only a field away , and he does n't fret or bother at all . |
| 12 | Still , overall we thought ourselves lucky because a lot of other houses in the street had rats as well as mice , which was much worse because at least mice do n't bite or nibble at human feet … |
| 13 | Recognised junior equipment is also available to buy or hire at many RYA centres . |
| 14 | I think his er the best thing to do would be simply to acknowledge at that stage , as Bill did , yeah that is an important area erm say yeah that 's something we can help you on , indeed it 's something many of my clients erm have found that Friends Provident is really very good at organizing , we 've got plans specifically designed for that but rather than look at that now , let's look at the overall picture |
| 15 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 16 | British industry suffered a major crisis and needed to reorganise and rationalise at all levels . |
| 17 | ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says . |
| 18 | Excursions : Enterprise have arranged much for you to see and do at reasonable prices . |
| 19 | The Act also empowers the Secretary of State to define the structure and content of each of these subjects in considerable detail , and to specify what pupils of different abilities should study and achieve at various ages . |
| 20 | And I mean in that way you might sort of really want to go and look at one of these erm er sort of er rather awful inner city areas . |
| 21 | Not only me , but poor Dave ( Paich ) too : we 'd just sit there and look at each other and go , ‘ This is wrong , ’ trying to get somebody to interpret our music . |
| 22 | ‘ And I would ask you , Mr Stevens , to turn around and look at that Chinaman . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Let's go and look at that henhouse . |
| 24 | ‘ Could n't we go and look at that as well ? ’ |
| 25 | Let us go and look at that tree . |
| 26 | Well let's decide and look at that then . |
| 27 | I 'll go and look at that potato thing and the meat and then I 'll see . |
| 28 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 29 | You can stand here and look at all these trees which come from all over the world , and we 're open all year round and there 's always something to see , and the views are spectacular . |
| 30 | I wished he would go away so that I could go upstairs and look at all my clothes . |