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 | Meanwhile , anybody working in a pub , a cafe , a restaurant , a tea shop , a cinema , or serving food or drink of any type has to work at all those times . |
| 3 | Cos he has to work at five o'clock each morning . |
| 4 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 5 | Unfortunately I am obliged to terminate at this stage , because someone has just passed me a note saying that the band has to depart at 11 pm , and it is now 10.30 . |
| 6 | " 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 . " |
| 7 | ‘ It may be that Parliament has to look at this issue of excluding people from property when they 've got property rights , ’ he said . |
| 8 | But it is clear that if , as we have said , death from suicide is relatively common in Britain and most funeral services take place within the Christian context , then it would seem that the church needs to look at this whole subject again with a great deal more openness than has been possible up to now . |
| 9 | Yeah I think we need t I I think one really needs to look at this . |
| 10 | Holding your breath builds up tension and shallow breathing denies your body the oxygen it needs to function at maximum efficiency . |
| 11 | Someone wants to look at , someone wants to look at that graph , and get some idea of the speed from it , the velocity . |
| 12 | Erm , and then if anyone wants to look at these , look at the er ninety one annual reports |
| 13 | It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself . |
| 14 | 1 SCIENCE MUSEUM : Interview with James Goddard : he has to leave at 9.00 for Heathrow but will be on the premises from 0630 onwards . |
| 15 | The murderer has to wink at other children in the room . |
| 16 | The process has to stop at any duly authorised statement , e.g. by the Clerk of the Parliaments , or perhaps the Speaker of the House of Commons , etc. , as to what was the will of the House . |
| 17 | I assume Mr Grigson , as he has n't raised his board has said all he wants to say at this stage on the points that have been made . |
| 18 | Any comments please any thoughts on anything anybody wants to say at this point ? |
| 19 | It usually starts to improve at ten weeks and clears up completely by the 14th week . |
| 20 | It is assumed that a particular 's individuality , its numerical distinctness from any other existent , is ensured by the spatial location it happens to occupy at any given time . |
| 21 | Unlike chlorine which tends to kill at all concentrations , but takes longer , QACs are bactericidal only when reduced to a certain concentration after which they inhibit cell reproduction without killing . |
| 22 | Something that was of interest was him mentioning a discussion with his wife , where he said he tells her he intends to retire at 55 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If the subject prefers to look at one stimulus rather than another we can assume that he has detected a difference between them . |
| 25 | A proxy which the holder intends to use at any meeting of creditors must be lodged with the official receiver not later than the time mentioned for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting or the adjourned meeting . |
| 26 | Each party must file written statements of the substance of the oral evidence he intends to call at any hearing or directions appointment and copies of any documents on which he intends to rely , including expert reports ( FPCR , r17(1) ; FPR , r4.17(1) ) . |
| 27 | This tends to happen at several levels . |
| 28 | Its orbit takes it around the world once every 24 hours , so it appears to stay at one point in the sky . |
| 29 | If the story of Edmund 's connection with Swegen 's death does date from Cnut 's time , it is interesting , and seems to hint at one of the most resented aspects of Danish rule , that Edmund , like Ælfheah , had not only been martyred by the Danes , he had also refused to give them money . |
| 30 | 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 . |