Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 During the interviews I tried to probe whether what was meant was the ageing of the population , a change of atmosphere , the community 's material demise or what ; but on occasion I had to guess at what the informant really meant .
2 You wo n't remember them after if you do n't look at them for a week but when you come to look at them the night before you 'll be surprised what you do know .
3 When he turned his head to look at her the flesh folded underneath the jawbone into the beginnings of a double chin .
4 We invariably start our process by trying , together with the help of younger people , to look at what the present trends of the world are likely to lead to .
5 England was finally forced to look at what the rest of the world had been doing with the game .
6 In the case of secondment to industry , it is useful to look at what the school 's short- and medium-term goals are .
7 But for our need at this moment , we have to look at what the Holy Spirit is doing .
8 I took the trouble to look at what the hon. Gentleman said last time , when Swan 's was successful .
9 The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out .
10 precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme
11 Please , try to look at it the way I have to — you must know that it 's an important matter because of Michel 's divorce ; if it were known , if it could be proved , that he is , ’ Flavia looked at Andrée and continued firmly , ‘ living with my mother , the divorce could still be stopped .
12 Just as you can not add up all the prices in a shop to arrive at what it would cost to buy the shop , nor can you add up the price of all a company 's shares to arrive at what the company is worth .
13 With closed questions it is easier to count the replies and perform statistical operations on them , but it is difficult to get at what the respondent really thinks about something .
14 Lawyers went on strike from Nov. 9 to protest at what the bar association said were the arbitrary arrests of four of its members in North-West Province .
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