Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hope very much it will be useful , but as I tried to stress at the beginning , we very much see the problems of developing countries , which we in the Institute are working on , as part of the problems of what 's going wrong in the world at the moment , in which we in Britain very much have a stake too . |
| 2 | I tried to look at the scenery . |
| 3 | ‘ We toured the Transport Museum , ’ said Peter , ‘ and Alexander Karaulov and I stopped to look at the autogyro on display . |
| 4 | I stopped to look at the shore . |
| 5 | So that was how I came to sit at the Gorengs ' dining-table with Master Goreng and Longman 's standard conversational texts before us . |
| 6 | ‘ I came to look at the gravestone . ’ |
| 7 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 8 | ‘ The most extraordinary thing happened , ’ he explained , ‘ I was sitting here ( at his desk in Kensington palace ) , and I happened to look at the bookshelf , and my eyes settled on a book about Paracelsus . |
| 9 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 10 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 11 | Later , after I had qualified as a teacher and got married , I began to study at the university , teaching at a school during the day . |
| 12 | I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 . |
| 13 | Well , when I was asked to speak to you today , I decided to look at the Oxford Dictionary 's definition of Community , which is joint ownership or liability . |
| 14 | He stopped , and there was a pause , and then someone started to clap at the back of the studio , and George , who had been sitting with his chin on his chest , impassively listening , looked up . |
| 15 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 16 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 17 | Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university . |
| 18 | The kitchen looked so clean and bright , and the ladies so kind and sensible , that I dared to knock at the door . |
| 19 | THE FIRST thing I had to do at the NME was draw a cucumber . |
| 20 | I had to tell at the table . |
| 21 | On reading the Echo report I had to look at the top of the page to make certain that the date was June 1st and not April 1st . |
| 22 | I had to park at The Three Pigeons I could n't get in ! |
| 23 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 24 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 25 | You did n't think I intended to stay at the Crowned Head , did you ? ’ |
| 26 | I intended to resign at the A.G.M. due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area before the next A.G.M. but since no-one else wanted the job I agreed to remain chairman for as long as I could . |
| 27 | If I wanted to point at the put directory . |
| 28 | I wanted to start at the beginning . |
| 29 | ‘ I wanted to look at the tapestries , Sergeant . |
| 30 | Now , I wanted to look at the possibilities of a rather softer approach and tried out some alternative ways of using eh Faber-Castell Polychromos Pastels . |