Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 2 | that tend to appear at Christmas , |
| 3 | ‘ We are fearful that older people who want to remain at home may not have the choice because the cost may be more than local authorities can afford ’ , says divisional director Evelyn MeEwen . |
| 4 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 5 | Living rooms that also have to act as office or work room by day ( and more and more people elect to work at home if they can these days ) can still perform both functions with comparative case . |
| 6 | ‘ It was important to come back after Saturday , and we always want to win at home . |
| 7 | And I just want to look at capital deployment here . |
| 8 | We want to look at stress now , and realise that it is not all negative , in fact some people actually go out and seek a fair amount of stress . |
| 9 | I guess neither men nor women want to look at cellulite on celluloid . |
| 10 | Now I want to look at pattern knitting with the colour changer . |
| 11 | Many applicants will have a firm idea of what they want to study at university , but others will want to take some time to consider various possibilities before they apply . |
| 12 | If you want to experiment at home , it 'll cost you far less than in a salon but you should get a friend to help put the rollers in to get perfectly even curls . |
| 13 | That help makes all the difference to people sick with AIDS who want to stay at home , rather than spend time unnecessarily in hospital . |
| 14 | Suddenly it is glamorous to appear nice and normal , and those who used to want to run the boardroom or run away to Paris now want to stay at home and watch programmes like Roseanne and Kate And Allie — new cult programmes that offer a cosy and entirely spurious view of family life . |
| 15 | So you 've got twenty nine students in the class and fifteen want to go to Whitby , and eight want to go to Scarborough , and three little piggies want to stay at home . |
| 16 | The whole edifice will be known as the ‘ European Union ’ ( a term to note if you want to shine at dinner parties ) . |
| 17 | We therefore propose to introduce at Report Stage a Government amendment which will provide for discretionary trusts which were in existence on 26th March 1974 to rearrange their position , if they so wish , at rates of charge which will be substantially below the rates that would otherwise be chargeable . |
| 18 | Southerners tend to drink at home . |
| 19 | Western economists tend to talk at length about theory ; the easterners are mainly interested in practice . |
| 20 | It 's not everyone who contrive to lose at home to Luton . |
| 21 | I always stop to look at death . |
| 22 | ACET is in touch with around 300 infected individuals of which about 130 need support to stay at home . |
| 23 | A lot of people tend to look at assertion as being aggressive there 's a total difference . |
| 24 | Unlike Oriental contemporaries who begin to practise at school , John — a PE1 tax trainee with Arthur Andersen — began training while pursuing an honours degree in molecular biology and biochemistry at Durham University . |
| 25 | But I like to walk at night . |
| 26 | I like to sleep at night , and applying " scorched earth " tactics in selling OTC stocks to some unsuspecting people makes me cringe . |
| 27 | Get your appetite where you can , just remember to eat at home . ’ |
| 28 | The French also like to stay at home and prefer to take their leisure in their own country . |
| 29 | ( NB refer to index at back of book by asterisk . ) |
| 30 | They continue to converse at cross purposes and wonder why their numerous conversations never seem to get anywhere or resolve any disagreement . |