Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I know , you only got to look at the VAT ai n't you for starters |
| 2 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The ball suddenly started to swing at 90 mph after tea . |
| 4 | Tough , fit , not in the least prone to injury and highly consistent in his performances , Cross was the epitome of the ideal player , and he was versatile too , in a time when this was not really expected of a footballer , for he moved across to right-back after the signing of Scotsman Bobby Orr , who much preferred to play at number three , in 1927 . |
| 5 | For hours , civilians of both faiths dutifully queued at these terrible checkpoints at each end of the Ring on the innocent assumption that the gunmen there merely wished to look at their identity papers . |
| 6 | When he only continued to stare at her , his eyes narrowed , almost black , Hilary felt a moment of panic . |
| 7 | Goldberg I had known it would attack , he wrote , and sooner rather than later , the soil was ripe for the sprouting of concern , refugees , famine , the bomb , you only had to look at him , sentiment inevitable , despite my efforts , despite my scorn . |
| 8 | You only had to look at her greasy black hair , her insolent stare and her creased and spotted uniform . |
| 9 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 10 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 11 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 12 | Someone only had to look at me later on for me to get pregnant . ’ |
| 13 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 14 | Erm Isaac Azimov writes er , rather amusingly about this , he says why did , why did Weismann bother , he said Weismann was Jewish , of course , Weismann knew that since time immemorial , er , Jewish little boys have been having their foreskins chopped off , Weismann only had to look at his own children , when they were born , to see that even Jewish little boys are born with foreskins . |
| 15 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 16 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 17 | She prudently intended to wait at least until she found another job . |
| 18 | Despite intensive pressure to resign in the aftermath of the serious rioting of late April and early May — itself a product of the acquittal of those officers accused of assaulting King — and police failings which the unrest revealed [ see pp. 38856 ; 38894 ] , King continued to prevaricate until June 8 when he finally agreed to go at the end of the month . |
| 19 | The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate . |
| 20 | but I just had to look at them , that was enough . |
| 21 | She just had to smile at his optimism , even if she did n't share it . |
| 22 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 23 | I just had to stay at home for a bit . |
| 24 | I just wanted to look at the Earth . |
| 25 | Boys 14 and 15 once tried to sit at the back of the coach but were rapidly sent to the front where , it was said , ‘ they always sat ’ . |
| 26 | Each time Celia re-entered the clinic he could not deny a feeling of overwhelming relief , although he still tried to spend at least one night at home mid-week , if only for the brief half-hour in the morning , which he was able to devote to Harry . |
| 27 | I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive . |
| 28 | They always seemed to go at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 29 | They lasted all too shortly — maybe a fortnight or so — before they needed to be recharged , and they always seemed to fade at a crucial time , in the middle of your favourite programme . |
| 30 | Simone was one of those girls who hardly seemed to change at all from one year to the next . |