Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will give you this to look at . |
| 2 | He said it made you sick to look at it . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 4 | It made you dizzy to look at it . |
| 5 | You look very lost , hung up there among Royalty and aldermen , and it makes me homesick to look at you , so I do n't , to often . |
| 6 | From the densely stacked bookcases he took down some lavishly illustrated volumes and left me alone to wonder at them . |
| 7 | This obviously makes them stunning to look at , and was the main reason I bought them . |
| 8 | Journals usually blame slow referees , but if they have not replied within three months are they likely to reply at all ? |
| 9 | How much are they supposed to do at home ? |
| 10 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 11 | His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to jibe at David Sylvester . |
| 12 | I am grateful that , on this occasion at least , the hon. Gentleman has found it possible to welcome at least some of the proposals in the White Paper . |
| 13 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 14 | This should make it possible to see at last what are the key influences when supply as well as demand-side elements have been included . |
| 15 | In consciousness alone is it possible to confront at least some empirical properties and apprehend them directly , and if consciousness is analysed in terms of some purely non-mental notion this grasp is lost ; just as , in the analysis of thought , if the irreducible generality of thought is analysed away , our ability to think and refer is wished away with it . |
| 16 | Although innovative schemes have made it possible to maintain at home people with disabilities that were once thought to require hospital or residential care , it is unrealistic to suggest that institutional care could be entirely dispensed with . |
| 17 | This can make it easier to arrive at the correct spot by varying the radius and steepness of the turn . |
| 18 | However , the audience this year was below its normal pitch of receptiveness and Nobby and company might have found it easier to perform at the old Glasgow Empire … ‘ . |
| 19 | Okay now I want you to make a list there for traditional of all the materials we put around there , so make that list there okay and make it easier to look at . |
| 20 | The high screen refresh rate means no perceived picture flicker making it easy to look at … |
| 21 | Because the total numbers of animals on islands tend to be small , large predators in general find it impossible to exist at all — except , of course , for creatures such as seals and sealions , which feed at sea and come ashore only to breed or bask . |
| 22 | Ruth knew it but found it hard to face at times . |
| 23 | ‘ He might find it hard to look at you objectively , but he is n't stupid . |
| 24 | Obviously the detailed nature of these checks depends on the material submitted , but we found it invaluable to look at the output from these checks before looking at the coursework itself . |
| 25 | Yes , they have it all to do at Blackrock next weekend . |
| 26 | Those thinking about asking for funding might find it useful to look at the SOED booklet referred to above . |
| 27 | In the following exercise you must find what feature or features certain groups of segments have in common ; you will probably find it useful to look at the IPA chart on pp. 40–1 . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , I find it useful to play at imagining what kind of school system could provide a congenial conduit for my educational ideals . |
| 29 | It 's very difficult , and I think that people involved in the Gardener Centre have , ever since its inception , found it quite difficult to work how quite how it fits into the overall Brighton scene , and I find it fascinating to look at the nature of facilities which exist in central Brighton and try and work out in one 's own mind how best he facility of the Gardener fits in with that . |
| 30 | And if not , is it fair to judge at all ? |