Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 2 | One afternoon a flying fortress which had come off worse on the mission over Germany tried to land at Walsall , which was much too small to take an aircraft of this size , and the girl in the control box had to find , fire a warning vary light and radio to send him off to Castle Bromwich which was much bigger in those days er it was an airport to take an aircraft the size of the Flying Fortress that 's about it up until here I 've written |
| 3 | It is , of course , a PWR that the Central Electricity Generating Board wants to build at Sizewell in Suffolk . |
| 4 | Under the terms of the agreement , representatives from these five countries would help oversee the movement of millions of tonnes of grain and other food aid expected to arrive at South African ports . |
| 5 | That night Kalchu 's two brothers came to look at Sigarup , and the three men and Chola sat around the fire discussing in low worried voices what they were going to do . |
| 6 | Britain was today considering a United States request to look at ways of joining an air operation to parachute relief supplies into Bosnia . |
| 7 | Their excuse — not that lame — is that they frequently have to cater for up to 80,000 , mainly male , football fans wanting to go at half-time . |
| 8 | His Aunt Lucy came to live at Howfield in order to look after Ramsey 's father and the family after Agnes Ramsey was killed . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's this your mother tells me about Markham coming to work at OBEX ? ’ |
| 10 | Attacks on some of Iran 's smaller towns and cities occurred comparatively early in the war , but apart from the first two days , it is not clear when either side decided to strike at population centres as a strategic option . |
| 11 | The Central Electricity Generating Board ( now privatized and split into two companies ) is funding a large-scale , 2-year project to assess links to childhood cancer , while another recently announced study aims to look at links to sudden infant death . |
| 12 | The settling blow was delivered by Archbishop Garbett , whom on the Friday Ramsey went to see at York . |
| 13 | Ceauşescu liked to win at chess : the result of the game asserted his supremacy over his opponent in politics as much as the skills of the game itself — few risked beating the Comrade . |
| 14 | The Dalisons continued to live at Halling Palace until 1656 , when the grandson of Sir Maximilian , also named Maximilian , married Frances Stanley of West Peckham , heir to Thomas Stanley . |
| 15 | He spun round and smiled , effortlessly dropping into a series of forward flips to land at Lucien 's feet . |
| 16 | After their father 's death Alice and Robert Edelson continued to live at Edelson House , which has a 50ft-high monument in the garden , a memorial to two Edelson babies who died when only months old . |
| 17 | The general pattern of pausing in this experiment proved to be very similar to that found in the earlier experiment ; subjects tended to pause at clause boundaries . |
| 18 | When Colin came to play at David 's house the boys would ring the neighbours ' doorbells and run away , and throw things into their gardens . |
| 19 | Southerners tend to drink at home . |
| 20 | Janice plans to stay at home and devote herself to looking after me and Kirsty . ’ |
| 21 | However , Simon came to call at Regent 's Park , he had the perfect excuse . |
| 22 | Katherine turned to look at Senga . |
| 23 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |
| 24 | Wine bottles began to cluster at tables like sentries . |
| 25 | In particular , for reasons that will be taken up below , the Nottinghamshire miners decided to remain at work . |
| 26 | After one or two walks over the hills together the girl preferred to stay at home so the mother went on her own ; on one of these occasions Peony had actually tidied up and got tea ready and gone a little way along the track to meet her mother when she saw her coming up the hill . |
| 27 | Then , gripping her lips firmly together , because whatever else she said was bound to be wrong , Ellie continued to stare at Phena in horror and worry . |
| 28 | Ignoring him , Ellie continued to smile at Mrs McMahon . |
| 29 | Again Maggie had to laugh at Natasha 's exaggerated pronunciation . |
| 30 | Maggie had to work at things because Mitch was very different from his usual amusing self . |