Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time . |
| 2 | Miles 's voice was hushed , and Bernice saw his helmet tilt as he craned his neck upwards to look at the Bridge . |
| 3 | Emily asked the Princess not to look at the work in progress , ‘ and she was very good about it . |
| 4 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 5 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |
| 6 | The talks , aimed at tackling practical regional matters such as water-sharing , economic development and the environment , brought together the broadest gathering of Arab states ever to sit at the same table with Israel . |
| 7 | talking of rejects I was I was conned into going down to Stoke yesterday to look at the Portmeirion seconds shop . |
| 8 | Now , being left-handed I 'm well used to the pitfalls : reading reviews of great-looking and top quality guitars only to find at the end of the review , ‘ No left-handers available ’ or , more niggling , ‘ 10% extra ’ . |
| 9 | The greatest German composer of the seventeenth century , Heinrich Schutz , studied in Venice with Giovanni Gabrieli , composed Italian madrigals there , and returned twenty years later to sit at the feet of Monteverdi . |
| 10 | Take a moment now to look at the needle . |
| 11 | And they plan to hold a residents ' meeting today to protest at the Durham County Council scheme . |
| 12 | There is not enough room here to look at the differences of nuance within this approach , which analyses the crisis of the uniform legal system and the monolithic concept of the state . |
| 13 | Many people consider that the failure adequately to protest at the rise of European Fascism in the 1920s and 1930s was a failure of moral duty , whilst others point out that protesting was a highly dangerous business which led to imprisonment , to torture , and to death . |
| 14 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that he will ask the chairman of British Rail urgently to look at the position of the tunnels further along the line to ensure that precautions similar to those that are being instituted in the Severn tunnel will also be made in those tunnels if signalling changes have taken place recently associated with the general modernisation work ? |
| 15 | It can be very frustrating to leave home in perfect conditions only to arrive at the chosen beach with rain and an unfavourable wind . |
| 16 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE DOCTOR 'S |
| 17 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE ZOO |
| 18 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE |
| 19 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE FRONT DOOR |
| 20 | Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm . |
| 21 | I have of course had the advantage of considering this matter er previously , and I have had the chance also to look at the various objections that have been made . |
| 22 | Elsewhere , with many teachers engaged in the fifty mile protest , hundreds of youngsters used their day out to protest at the green line barrier separating Greek and Turkish communities . |
| 23 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 24 | Dismal woman , Briant thought and dismissed her too from his mind , turning his head again to look at the people in front of him . |
| 25 | They came close to ending the European famine last season only to falter at the end . |
| 26 | John himself was warned by the local Police Inspector not to speak at the square again or he would be arrested for speaking against the national interest . |
| 27 | Still , it 's natural for the novelist sometimes to fret at the obliquities of fiction . |
| 28 | Convention establishes certain procedures so that when clear rules are adopted according to these procedures , people can rely on state intervention in their behalf ; they can also rely on the state not to intervene at the behest of other citizens except as these rules stipulate and can plan and coordinate their affairs accordingly . |
| 29 | AROUND 50 demonstrators gathered at Edinburgh 's City Chambers yesterday to protest at the presence of a Sinn Fein speaker at a meeting inside . |
| 30 | Tabitha got to her feet and pushed Marco aside to peer at the controls . |