Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But genes can act at a distance ; extended phenotypes can extend a long way .
2 The invisible powers of nature were analogous to the visible powers of the magnet , which could act at a distance and penetrate matter with its rays .
3 That is either voltage or ligands , in the cases respectively of voltage activated channels or ligand activated channels , both of those factors will act at the level of gating .
4 In a quantum theory of gravity , as we saw in the last chapter , in order to specify the state of the universe one would still have to say how the possible histories of the universe would behave at the boundary of space-time in the past .
5 If you are going to fly your glider efficiently while turning steeply in thermals with other gliders , you need to know how it will behave at the stall .
6 Suppose that the increase in the money supply is announced in time to be included in that agents fully believe the central bank , and that the central bank behaves in period t in the way that it announced it would behave at the end of t - 1 .
7 That 's right , that 's right , yes , how we consume these products , yes , I mean , you 're right , so a potato is a potato is a potato , but if it 's pre-packed , graded and washed , that is sort of intrinsically different from er , er , sort of , mouldy , scruffy old potatoes that you could buy at a greengrocer .
8 They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers .
9 Even forgetting the fact that the Cobra was the fastest accelerating car you could buy at the time , that only puts it between the £21,620 Elan SE and the entry level £26,400 Excel SE , close to the £22,363 Morgan plus eight and even closer to the £23,526 Toyota Supra Turbo .
10 I could I could buy at the moment
11 We ca n't buy at the moment .
12 At Wentworth Woodhouse we advised on what we thought the West Riding should buy at the sale to keep in the house .
13 If you could n't afford the original records , there were smaller ones you could buy at the Woolworths in the King 's Road , which sounded quite like .
14 Fat on a diet of ‘ Robocop ’ and ‘ Rambo ’ , Latin Americans may not jump at the chance to see them .
15 ‘ But if we move against him openly , and him the King 's friend , the King may call out all the clans against us , with the promise of our land as prize for them when they 've destroyed us ; and we 've unfriends enough would jump at the chance . ’
16 My present house model leaves at the end of the month and there are plenty of girls who would jump at the chance . ’
17 Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ?
18 I assumed McIllvanney had sent a message to Massachusetts asking Sammy to telephone as soon as he reached port , and I was certain that Sammy would jump at the chance of three months ' extra salary , and if he did then Ellen and Thessy would similarly earn their small fortunes .
19 Sammy Meredith will jump at the chance of three months ’ work .
20 Of course he 'd jump at the chance of wearing the most famous shirt in the Premier Division .
21 She did not add , He would jump at the chance of someone filling that post , so that he would n't be asked to take the children off Rose 's hands until she is once more fixed up with someone who could manage her unruly crowd , as well as herself and the house .
22 ‘ I 'd jump at the chance , you know that . ’
23 I would certainly jump at the chance of a career in football .
24 ‘ I mean , here you are , carrying around a box full of gold , do n't you think anyone in their right minds would jump at the chance of pinching it ? ’
25 I should think they 'd jump at the chance of some pocket money . ’
26 ‘ I would jump at the chance of a move because it would be big step in my own career at 20 , and a financial boost for Bangor .
27 ‘ That I 'd jump at the chance of marrying you .
28 There were several youngsters in the chorus playing understudies who would jump at the chance of having a stab at Sonja .
29 ‘ I 'd have thought you 'd jump at the chance to have a second shot at the man . ’
30 And he 'll jump at the chance to write to me .
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