Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Brough ( the Principal ) and I sat at High Table , but it was very democratic because the students also took it in turns to sit at High Table — and to be invited to the Principal 's office for pre-dinner drinks ! |
| 2 | " A man who wants to talk at large about smoke may have to pick his words very carefully if he wants to exclude the suggestion that there is also a fire : but it can be done . " |
| 3 | Holding your breath builds up tension and shallow breathing denies your body the oxygen it needs to function at maximum efficiency . |
| 4 | The murderer has to wink at other children in the room . |
| 5 | Land in this category tends to sell at inflated prices , over the current use value , varying from a marginal surcharge , to perhaps 50% over the value of building land , depending on the degree of hope that the site will receive planning approval in due course . |
| 6 | Whatever the exact mechanism for U/Pb fractionation , it seems to occur at shallow depths in the mantle at about the time of formation of the local oceanic lithosphere . |
| 7 | He wishes to inspect at close quarters all the actors in this drama . |
| 8 | Here the position that the plaintiff seeks to establish at common law is broadly consistent with the legislative policy evidenced by the Act of 1976 . |
| 9 | Somehow Paul manages to look at other people in three different directions in our reading . |
| 10 | John Rawls , in A Theory of Justice , seeks to arrive at abstract principles of justice by means of a device which strips the procedure of arriving at principles bare of all reference to the particular and concrete . |