Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British tend to sneer at American house-building methods . |
| 2 | Well , I say , he tend to go at eleven and three , so think about it . |
| 3 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 4 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 5 | However , if you intend to work at this ‘ subtle ’ level all the time , it may be helpful to learn one or two ‘ psychic protection ’ techniques ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 6 | Suddenly , there facing you , is the person you least want to see at that moment . |
| 7 | Particularly when we 're trying to get juveniles into the club I mean they want to go at ten possibly you owe them not starting till |
| 8 | You want to abort at that point , oh yeah retry 'll do . |
| 9 | SIR — On July 28 , 1980 , Neil Kinnock told The Times : ‘ I want to retire at 50 , I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter , and sing in the choir . ’ |
| 10 | Some appear to fade at 35 , some at 45 , some at 55 , while others are still highly motivated to achieve at 70 . |
| 11 | Before you switch on , set questions to focus students on whatever you want to highlight at that stage . |
| 12 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 13 | A pity there , I was gon na sort of le air my knowledge and say a and say look at these olive trees . |
| 14 | I want to look at new charges for home care and day care and transportation services for disabled people . |
| 15 | I want to look at that stuff they 've got over there . |
| 16 | We can often go in on the basis that if somebody has a problem that they want to look at that , just as frequently somebody has an interest that they want to develop , to know more about . |
| 17 | In this paper , I want to look at one kind of way in which some feminists have tried to conceptualise what it is for a woman to be ‘ autonomous ’ , and at the implications this has for ways of thinking about the human self . |
| 18 | Hankin said : ‘ We want to look at two players at Nottingham and one at North Shields . |
| 19 | It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month . |
| 20 | Yes , and this is why I want to look at this week at a glance diary , so that you will go away and I want you to fill this in as I 'm filling in on the board , you 'll go away with an idea what a diary , sorry , spit there , ha , erm , of what a diary will look like roughly , so that you know what your diary should look like every week . |
| 21 | Now I want to look at some properties . |
| 22 | I want to look at some general features of the 28 projects that we are studying . |
| 23 | Erm do n't know if you want to look at some on the paper , have a look at some in the paper and see how you do on those . |
| 24 | want to look at these |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ I think the thing we want to avoid at all costs — I mean , I really feel quite strongly about this — is setting up some kind of Utopia — some kind of over-simplified Arcadia which would n't stretch the imagination of the … ’ |
| 26 | What what do you know sort of what you want to do at all or |
| 27 | If you want to point at another directory , you do C D change directory , and that 's pointing at the root directory there . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know ’ , the Dowager Countess leaned close to Lucille , ‘ why some of them bother to dress at all ! |
| 29 | Community groups in many parts of the country have trained staff who will install insulation and fit draughtproofing at little or no cost for people on low incomes . |
| 30 | Forgive 'N Forget started at 7–2 , with Combs Ditch 9–2 , Run And Skip 15–2 and Wayward lad 8–1 . |