Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't eat much at lunch-time myself but we must think of the Captain here who 's doing all the work … perhaps a string or two of those wild boar sausages — do you think they 're local ? |
| 2 | However , by far the most common response from all parts of the country was ‘ they could relax and concentrate better at night as their minds would not be thinking about the jobs they should be doing ’ , . |
| 3 | I can fall downstairs at home , and I wo n't cry or say a word about it ! ’ |
| 4 | They were looking for food , of course , and would suddenly plunge downwards at lightning speed when they spotted something . |
| 5 | ‘ We ( the Design Department ) got asked by the Producer of Blue Peter to come up with a full-size Dalek that children could build easily at home for about 10/6d . |
| 6 | But one of the places where he would feel most at home is the room in which a vital part of the process that brought New Scientist to you last week was carried out . |
| 7 | Maggie Wheeler makes her guests feel entirely at home and certainly it is very easy to relax in this ‘ no rules ’ atmosphere , where you can enjoy meeting the other guests around the kitchen table in an informal atmosphere with Maggie taking the time to help you plan your itinerary . |
| 8 | He will feel entirely at home with five of his club-mates in the power-packed Flintshire side . |
| 9 | She did not feel entirely at ease about this , and even went to consult the Careers Adviser in Cambridge , who gave her various leaflets , told her about trainee courses at the BBC , and sent her off for a two-day inspection of the Civil Service . |
| 10 | We 'd study better at home , ’ Sheila complained crossing the fields . |
| 11 | I thought it odd at the time that he should feel so at home there . ’ |
| 12 | Mary Ann asked , still determined to make the traveller feel at home , though making him feel less at home with every enquiry . |
| 13 | If I must vegetate , I 'd rather do so at home , in spite of the undoubtedly superior ménage here . |
| 14 | Notwithstanding that the transfer is not lodged for registration or registration is refused , the beneficial interest in the shares will , it seems , pass from the seller to the buyer at the latest at stage ( 2 ) and , indeed will do so at stage ( 1 ) if the agreement is one which the courts would order to be specifically enforced . |
| 15 | Many of the latter were young , in their twenties , and included ‘ yuppies ’ in City and financial institutions who might not smoke a lot but took the attitude that they would smoke more at work if people pressured them over their habit . |
| 16 | By that stage , you should feel totally at home with your new diet and confident that you can maintain it as a lifestyle with ease in the place of your former diet . |
| 17 | The older climbs often take steep cracks so gritstone aficionados should feel more at home . |
| 18 | Glancing to his left , he wondered why the Bogeyman chose to live in a room on the first-floor landing instead of making his lair in the cellar , where he would surely feel more at home . |
| 19 | If I know the tunes , the music and the moods in which they were brought up , I can feel more at home with them . ’ |
| 20 | The more cautious analytical corporate financier might feel more at home in an accountancy firm , but the wheeler-dealer type should opt for a bank . |
| 21 | Comedy can give comfort and security , can make us feel more at home in our skin . |
| 22 | And now , to make the newt feel more at home , Lavender decided to give it all the pond-weed from the pencil-box as well . |
| 23 | It makes them feel more at home and less lonely . ’ |
| 24 | But you 'll feel more at home in your own kit , so bring it along . |
| 25 | It made him feel more at home . |
| 26 | First off , this is a public list for Leeds supporters ; if you 're not interested in Leeds United , I think you 'd feel more at home elsewhere . |
| 27 | You 'll feel more at home when I 've introduced you to the rest of the team , everyone except Niall anyway . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 'll make you feel more at ease . ’ |
| 29 | Subtle changes in the beggar 's posture made the stranger feel more at ease . |
| 30 | Assignment is a relation in the technical sense , but as it is a unary relation , many readers may feel more at ease if we speak of it as a property ( the two ways of speaking are of course completely inter-convertible ) . |