Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
| 2 | If you 're short of worktops , a wooden block on wheels can be moved to a free space and allows you to work at a similar height to your kitchen worktop . |
| 3 | Some of our SPECIALIST WEEKENDS allow you to work at an ADVANCED LEVEL . |
| 4 | I want you to look at a cow now . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a letter asking you to play at an out-of-doors arts festival in the desert somewhere . |
| 6 | Clearly , ideas for changing the events that trigger your guilt feelings will depend on the exact circumstances , but here are some thought-starters that might help you to arrive at a feasible plan : |
| 7 | Clearly , ideas for changing the events that trigger your feelings of inadequacy will depend on the exact circumstances , but here are some thought-starters that might help you to arrive at a feasible plan : |
| 8 | Clearly , ideas for changing the events that trigger your feelings of inhibition will depend on the exact circumstances , but here are some thought-starters that might help you to arrive at a feasible plan : |
| 9 | Clearly , ideas for changing the events that trigger your jealousy will depend on the exact circumstances , but here are some thought-starters that might help you to arrive at a feasible plan : |
| 10 | Clearly , ideas for changing the events that trigger your worry will depend on the exact circumstances , but here are some thought-starters that might help you to arrive at a feasible plan : |
| 11 | My father taught me to read at a very early age . |
| 12 | Their comments have been so interesting and helpful in enabling me to arrive at a diet plan perfected for absolute maximum effect . |
| 13 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 14 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 15 | I had told him to look at a video of the race and he would see that it was through my efforts that we had won the bronze . |
| 16 | He could hardly expect her to queue at a bus stop . |
| 17 | It 's not like him to grumble at a bitch . |
| 18 | And yet to the world at large he claimed to have conducted a most detailed investigation into the whole matter , sufficient to enable him to arrive at an informed judgement that British policy remained correct . |
| 19 | But the quick-thinking cabbie , who picked up the woman from a pub in Exeter , Devon , alerted a cashier when the hijacker ordered him to stop at a motorway service station for cigarettes . |
| 20 | Standing off-set can present a smaller target area to the opponent and , by forcing him to strike at an alternative area , can trap him into leaving himself wide open . |
| 21 | There was no reason for him to feel at a disadvantage . |
| 22 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 23 | The aircraft flies comparatively slowly , at about 700 km/hr , but its big wings allow it to cruise at a height of more than 21 000 m — nearly double that of a transatlantic airliner . |
| 24 | The plain fact is , if a PC does what you want it to do at a speed you 're happy with , then its performance is perfectly acceptable . |
| 25 | One possibility was to force it to land at an army base remote to Teheran . |
| 26 | This packet of light would disturb the particle and cause it to move at a speed in some direction . |
| 27 | Some firms are very flexible on this issue and where possible , allow them to relocate at a later date . |
| 28 | He can not claim on the one hand to be at the heart of Europe and at the same time want to be on the periphery of Europe and seem to want us to go at a slower speed than anyone else . |
| 29 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 30 | The holistic approach , therefore , calls upon us to look at a situation from all angles . |