Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 2 | I 'm sure that there are hundreds of dealers getting ready to write me letters at this point to tell me that a satisfied customer is more important than a sale . |
| 3 | The devils urged that she should kill herself and be damned with them in Hell , and it was evidently to contain her attempts at suicide that she was ‘ bound and kept with strength day and night ’ ; even then she ‘ rived the skin on her body against her heart with her nails most spitefully ’ . |
| 4 | Racing cyclists generally like to meet their fans at the beginning of a stage , but do n't ask for autographs today . |
| 5 | Then comes the second part of the double whammy — after say two years BA would announce that it was withdrawing from Belfast City Airport in order to consolidate their operations at Belfast International whose superior facilities interface more readily with their corporate image ( or similar doublespeak ) . |
| 6 | The sea was a mass of foam with so many bodies stirring it up , and some of the men ventured further out to try their skills at swimming . |
| 7 | Following pests and diseases is a section that will interest those who would like to try their hands at raising their own new plants , and perhaps even achieving fame in the process ! |
| 8 | The club raised over £100.00 for the Orsett Hospital Fund and provided the opportunity for many visitors to the fair to try their hands at using a metal detector for the first time . |
| 9 | These pictures by early-20th-century artist , Anna Guthrie , daughter of an Orkney minister , and those by the other Anna – Mrs. Hossack – gave us pleasure as well as profit ; and to Eddie Penham and John Easton , both artists themselves , the opportunity to try their hands at picture-selling . |
| 10 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 11 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 12 | Some of them came to talk seriously with Quigley and to shake their heads at me . |
| 13 | The organisation wants to increase its investments at the rate of a dozen or so per year . |
| 14 | The group Butterfly Conservation wants to increase its numbers at Bernwood Forest in Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | Director Stephen Lee said : ‘ Charities are under enormous pressure to increase their services at a time when fundraising has never been so constrained . |
| 16 | The discount houses would then be obliged to pay whatever level of interest was required to prevent banks ' demanding money at call , i.e. that rate of interest on call money which persuaded banks not to use this route to increase their balances at the Bank but to forgo instead their intention of increased lending . |
| 17 | De Candolle realized that all species have the potential to increase their numbers at the expense of rivals occupying the same territory . |
| 18 | Opinion polls showed that the charismatic Jackson would have won the contest easily , and thus removed the frequently heard criticism that he had never held elected office , but he stated that he preferred to concentrate his efforts at national level " to change the direction of this country " . |
| 19 | It 's so important to know your players at certain moments in a match ’ |
| 20 | It meant however that we had little time to relate our studies at any deep level to Buddhism , but it seemed unanswerable that people must have a deep understanding of their own faith before they can go on to study that of other people . |
| 21 | Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory . |
| 22 | It 's just been announced that three hundred and thirty workers are to lose their jobs at an oil and gas extraction equipment factory . |
| 23 | MORE than 50 workers are to lose their jobs at two Highland oil rig yards . |
| 24 | It was an age in which all classes of society were expanding , in which men from every walk of life who enjoyed adventure and travel could find new opportunities as merchants to invest their talents at a large rate of interest . |
| 25 | The girls insist that it is their fundamental right to wear their scarves at all times , just as some of their fellow students wear skullcaps or the cross . |
| 26 | ‘ She was however keen to see her grand-daughters at Christmas and she came up with this solution . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ At least she will get to see her boys at some point over the holiday . |
| 28 | ‘ But any day soon we hope that visitors will be able to see her kittens at play . ’ |
| 29 | The Danes have also taken a more enlightened viewpoint and have enlisted the help of a ‘ swinging ’ young poet to publicize their attempts at health education . |
| 30 | For this reason , parents are always welcome to see their children at work in our school . |