Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things , Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits , To practise more than heavenly power permits . |
| 2 | You need only to look at commercial copy or displays to see how powerfully a type-face complements the message it is conveying . |
| 3 | A roe deer came down into reeds opposite to munch at green stuff . |
| 4 | He compares the position with that of a pentathlon athlete , who is good enough to compete at top level in each event separately — along with quite a lot of other people . |
| 5 | She was hit and caught fire while going in to attack at low level and her pilot Don MacIntyre brought her down on the frozen surface of nearby Lake Hocklingen . |
| 6 | The Iraqi government on Sept. 1 reinforced its orders directing the air force to keep away from the air exclusion zone enforced by the Western allies south of the 32nd parallel [ see p. 39069 ] , and instructed ground forces not to fire at Western aircraft . |
| 7 | She was told not to look at other boys because they 'd think she was fat and ugly . |
| 8 | Each came separately to look at particular aspects of the collections and the project , then there were several group sessions . |
| 9 | One has just to look at recent results from a number of the Banks to get an idea of the vast profits being made . |
| 10 | Frank , an initial training project er , language training project in support of the G M B initiatives is shortly to start at National College . |
| 11 | Incidentally , the working pattern of these bodyguards , so it transpired over the following days , entailed one or the other of them going up to sleep at unusual hours so as to ensure at least one was on duty throughout the night . |
| 12 | I tried repeatedly to explain at public meetings that we were not sex police and not in the least concerned with people 's morals . |
| 13 | But if we turn now to look at dramatic playing we see that that particular mode does indeed reflect the private/public tension in all respects . |
| 14 | This week saw the second of their massive Kinnockathons , which set out to prove at vast length and with exquisite tedium what Punch first established in May last year , to wit : that both Hansard and the cuttings files are full of daft remarks uttered in the days when the windbag was still a firebrand . |
| 15 | And she was initially awed by the plots which the girls concocted as they sought to shame a particular teacher or fellow pupil , or simply to escape at impermissible hours from the school grounds . |
| 16 | Neil is wounded every year by his team 's refusal even to score at Old Trafford ( they managed a goal up there 21 years ago , but he makes the long trek every season anyway ) , and by the permanent car boot sale that Luton indulge in . |
| 17 | There is plenty of room for debate about this calculation — over how to guess at future cash flows , over what period to take , over how to work out the cost of capital , to name but three . |
| 18 | He also makes it hard to look at conventional portraits without smiling . |
| 19 | It is proposed first of all to consider the new enhanced investigative powers of the regulatory authorities and then to look at civil law remedies , both common law and statutory . |
| 20 | When we could find nowhere to meet at short notice , the WTN local , The Crown and Sceptre , said that we could use the kitchen upstairs . |
| 21 | Mother always told you never to laugh at other people 's misfortunes . |