Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through Clennam , Cavaletto goes to lodge at the Plornishes , enabling Mrs Plornish ( Sally , except in chap . |
| 2 | They would 've looked at the lights , I know . |
| 3 | Another accolade has fallen at the feet of Patricia Grant , already honoured with an OBE by the Queen for her efforts in building up Norfrost , the domestic freezer supplier which exports 75 per cent of the 5,000 units it produces each week . |
| 4 | Inevitably , in such a well-established industry — modern-style factoring has been in existence in the UK since the 1960s product improvement has come at the margins . |
| 5 | With regard to the Bill before us today , education is a most important issue and I doubt whether the House , despite the intentions of the few who are actively interested , has looked at the problems that have arisen . |
| 6 | James Bond , for example , has looked at the estates of both Abingdon and Evesham Abbeys , and clearly shown the variety of topographical features which can still be distinguished on their scattered estates . |
| 7 | Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures . |
| 8 | He lies looking at the waves touch the land , crying for his cousin . |
| 9 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |
| 10 | THIS correspondent , like many others , has suffered at the hands of groups under instruction . |
| 11 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 12 | One only has to look at the woodcuts of Henri II 's entry into Rouen in 1550 — which Mary very probably witnessed — to get a breath-taking impression of the splendour of royal pageantry , with the king himself riding on a chariot of immense size and grandeur , accompanied by heavily caparisoned elephants . |
| 13 | I erm unfortunately , er , agree with the previous speaker that a very strong calvinistic streak runs through me and I believe in the two parent family and also in the efforts that you should make to keep the family ge together , but I think too , there 's sp , er , perceptions of individuals and particularly , younger generations now in society , are so much different from my own perceptions when I initially became married and started my own family but what society has to look at the perceptions and expectations of the individuals in society . |
| 14 | One only has to look at the achievements of David Gower , Monica Seles , John McEnroe and Jimmy White , to mention just a few , to realise that left-handers can excel at their chosen sport . |
| 15 | It follows therefore , does it not , that one has to look at the characteristics of the land you now propose to take out of the greenbelt , in the same way as the land immediately to the north , which you propose should remain . |
| 16 | ‘ You want to look at the toys while I go in here ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , I want to look at the ponies with Ricky , ’ said Perdita , frantic not to miss a minute . |
| 18 | I want to look at the consequences of replacing these assumptions by two others : that we should concentrate on how mind might develop out of matter ; and that we should view the mind primarily as something which enables action . |
| 19 | Oh yes I mean Then er we had the Christmas Fair meeting of which maybe you want to look at the minutes now . |
| 20 | kick up a row , I said you want to look at the dogs , just go outside and see all the old rubbish that get 's chucked out there |
| 21 | I 'm sorry to inflict this on you , Miss Glynn , but I want to look at the contents of the bureau amongst other things and it is better that a member of the family should be present . |
| 22 | ‘ I want to look at the bodies . ’ |
| 23 | Edmund arrives to find Emily 's cat has got at the lobsters and broken her beautiful china ; and in a moment of quiet at the end of his visit a boring neighbour ( well known to him from the letters ) makes her way in — and alas , like most bores who are funny in letters , she is not so in real life . |
| 24 | She had come to look at the frescos of Sandweg , the frescos that interpreted the story of the Massacre of the Innocents — the slaughter of the male children of Bethlehem at the behest of Herod . |
| 25 | we went to Trafalgar Square and we stopped to look at the pigeons and we 'd moved on and I , I suddenly realised I had n't got Vicky with me , so I looked all round , could n't see him , had to go right back to Trafalgar Square and he was still looking at the pigeons |
| 26 | If people stopped to look at the borders alongside the house he would be perfectly charming ; if they did n't he would n't bother them . |
| 27 | The programme was designed to look at the skills and knowledge needed by hospitality industry managers , at all levels in every sector of the profession , to operate successfully within Britain and Continental Europe . |
| 28 | Forget the flourish of the big white napkin , forget two thumbs on the cork 's corona , forget aiming at the bulbs in the recessed ceiling-lights . |
| 29 | He rose , began to pace the room , stared at the butler who entered , and said to Orrin , ‘ Beg pardon , sir , for interrupting , but the housekeeper says that a young woman , claiming to be Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall , has arrived at the servants ’ entrance , and what is she to do ? ’ |
| 30 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |