Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | One afternoon a flying fortress which had come off worse on the mission over Germany tried to land at Walsall , which was much too small to take an aircraft of this size , and the girl in the control box had to find , fire a warning vary light and radio to send him off to Castle Bromwich which was much bigger in those days er it was an airport to take an aircraft the size of the Flying Fortress that 's about it up until here I 've written |
| 2 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 3 | His Aunt Lucy came to live at Howfield in order to look after Ramsey 's father and the family after Agnes Ramsey was killed . |
| 4 | Bernice turned to rage at the woman . |
| 5 | I said , ‘ The joint is burning , ’ and Richard turned to smile at me , his hand on her breast . |
| 6 | Ellen turned to look at the rapidly disappearing Dream Baby . |
| 7 | Quivering with anger , Shiona turned to glare at him . |
| 8 | Shiona turned to look at her . |
| 9 | A period of teacher training followed , after which Blamey returned to teach at the Regent Street Polytechnic where he remained , apart from a brief period during the war , until it combined with the Chelsea Polytechnic . |
| 10 | And young Paul Daly , the son of Brian , had a rather one-sided 21-10 win over Martin McHugh of Carrickfergus in the under-25 singles semi-final after McHugh selected to drive at the wrong time , which was right up Daly 's street . |
| 11 | When they had gone , Maisie started to pick at the grass with her fingers . |
| 12 | The settling blow was delivered by Archbishop Garbett , whom on the Friday Ramsey went to see at York . |
| 13 | Ceauşescu liked to win at chess : the result of the game asserted his supremacy over his opponent in politics as much as the skills of the game itself — few risked beating the Comrade . |
| 14 | The Dalisons continued to live at Halling Palace until 1656 , when the grandson of Sir Maximilian , also named Maximilian , married Frances Stanley of West Peckham , heir to Thomas Stanley . |
| 15 | Hari continued to stare at him dully . |
| 16 | After Martin 's death his son Jean continued to reside at the rue de Harlay , and presumably became the master maker of the workshop . |
| 17 | After their father 's death Alice and Robert Edelson continued to live at Edelson House , which has a 50ft-high monument in the garden , a memorial to two Edelson babies who died when only months old . |
| 18 | Dana refused to look at her and walked out of the bathroom . |
| 19 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 20 | When Colin came to play at David 's house the boys would ring the neighbours ' doorbells and run away , and throw things into their gardens . |
| 21 | ‘ … we find it unfortunate that Upjohn failed to respond at all readily to requests made by the Licensing Authority as early as 1990 , that they should carry out a new post-marketing surveillance study ’ . |
| 22 | They are said to have disagreed on the ceremony of ordination for a bishop , Rome requiring at least three other bishops to be present while the Celtic Church required only one — a plausible enough position , given the difficulties Ireland posed to travel at the time and the small number of bishops in the country anyway . |
| 23 | The couple met when Heath stopped to help at an accident outside her home near Pontypridd , Mid-Glamorgan , the court heard . |
| 24 | However , Simon came to call at Regent 's Park , he had the perfect excuse . |
| 25 | As they walked amidst the great trees , Ruth seemed to wake at last from the deadness that had possessed her since arriving in Andernesse . |
| 26 | Mr. Mendez seemed to stare at him for a While , thinking or just looking . |
| 27 | Katherine turned to look at Senga . |
| 28 | In the sitting-room doorway , Alexander turned to look at her . |
| 29 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |
| 30 | Anthony turned to look at her ; his eyes were kind , she had moved him , he 'd perhaps remembered something , her grandmother , his boyhood . |