Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit . |
| 2 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 3 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 4 | She used the cry of her voice to draw them to her , allowing them first to fly away and then encouraging them to swoop back at the height of their arc of flight . |
| 5 | Pa has given special permission for the godparents and me to stand inside at the Jonah window , while he does the immersion outside . |
| 6 | Remember Ah asked ye to go slowly at the start ? |
| 7 | I must write to the Michelin and ask them to look again at the Fermette Marboeuf ! |
| 8 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will take the case to his colleagues in the Council of Ministers and ask them to look again at the proposals , which would be damaging not only to British industry but to industries — including tourism — right across the Community . |
| 9 | Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world . |
| 10 | However , our editor asks me to look in at the United States ; so be it . |
| 11 | I hope that this series of articles may have encouraged you to look again at the various stitch patterns which your machine can produce . |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd expect you to stay a couple of years , but obviously there 's going to be no pressure on you to move on at the end of that period . |
| 13 | When they were long enough , he intended to curl them and allow them to extend down at the sides of his mouth . |
| 14 | ‘ I rarely get away from church without someone finding something for me to do up at the manor . |
| 15 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 16 | you know , you ai n't got nothing to live on at the end of the |
| 17 | They danced two dances together — or , rather , one and a half , for in the middle of the second , a waltz , he complained of feeling hot and giddy and she took him to sit out at the side . |
| 18 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 19 | He turned to look at her , his glance intended to skewer her to the spot , forcing her to clutch self-consciously at the kimono she had slipped on while she had a nap after the arduous car journey into the mountains with Peter just now . |
| 20 | Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Trippier , who was said to be expressing the views of his constituents , wrote to Mr Kenneth Clarke on November 24 asking him to look again at the original 6.5 per cent pay offer , saying it was not fair . |
| 22 | He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll bet she 'd like him to end up at the foot of the cliff , ’ said a voice . |
| 24 | Why else would she have looked away from him to glance idly at the clock ? |
| 25 | She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you honestly expect me to stay home at the barn and carry on as if nothing had happened after you threw all those accusations at me ? |
| 27 | I got sick of this , so I brought an old alarm clock and hung it around my neck and set it to go off at the moment he walked in one day . |
| 28 | This will help as part of the socialization process , but do bear in mind that you will not be able to allow it to scamper about at the end of the journey until you return home , because it will not be fully protected at this stage . |
| 29 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 30 | After breakfast of tea without milk and rolls with cheese and marmalade , I wrote myself reminders of what to discuss today at the ‘ Keep Trying ’ bakery , collected useful handouts and a picnic lunch , fetched the bike from its tiny sleeping house , pumped up the back tyre and I was off . |