Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [to-vb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it goes on to look at a second play , B , and the replies to that . |
| 2 | ‘ My singing career sort of got off the ground through the show too because it was when a few of us from the show got together to sing at a benefit concert for a football club in Australia that I first publicly sang ‘ The Locomotion . ’ |
| 3 | What actually happened was that a colleague of mine , Dave Walton and I , got together to look at a rather esoteric aspect of molecular motion , thinking of making molecules which were very , very long and had very simple structure but could have perhaps erm very complicated what we call dynamic motion , but there was some very good chemistry involved and we erm put this project together for the Sussex Chemistry Bithesis programme , and erm the student who took on this particular project , Alexander , spent two years learning how to do the synthesis and developed a lot of ability in this area ; he also learned how to do the spectroscopic experiments and studied the analysis of molecular motion , and he was able to do this on top of the course work that he did , and in fact this particular project and Alexander , who did the work himself , and the subsequent exciting sort of repercussions of the project have all made me a rather firm believer in the course here , and that in fact undergraduates can do research and also that it 's a very good training for the future . |
| 4 | One has only to glance at a human skeleton to see the numerous segments of the vertebral column . |
| 5 | Yet , embittered pigeons have a great tendency to come home to roost at a later date , wreaking merry havoc as they zoom in on perceived injustices and ensure that all and sundry realise the iniquities of their previous employer . |
| 6 | On the way back home he stopped off to look at a house he was thinking of buying . |
| 7 | To my left the shallow ridge that formed an edge of the valley rose up to finish at a shallow bump . |
| 8 | I 'm going out to look at a pony , and do n't forget to double-lock Wayne 's door . ’ |
| 9 | I also showed how to arrive at a successful transfer price where there was no market for the intermediate product . |
| 10 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |
| 11 | Each time that he got up to speak at a meeting , they would chant the lines in unison with him — even correcting his lapses of memory — until the predicted riot broke out . |
| 12 | After rounding the imposing sheer cliff face of Seelisberg , it is rather surprising when the boat draws inshore to moor at a little pier with no sign of village or community in sight . |
| 13 | They had one drink — Maxim had never seen anyone order a triple Scotch before — and went on to eat at a roadside café . |
| 14 | One major difference in the auction business between America and Britain is the amount of travelling that one does : in one week one may do an ‘ appraisal day ’ ( the equivalent of the British Antiques Road Show ) in Pennsylvania and then go on to look at a dinner service in Baltimore . |
| 15 | However , the parties involved were prepared to have their heads hit together to arrive at a solution . |
| 16 | One Sunday , he went hunting with his fierce black mastiffs , stopping only to swig at a flask of strong drink . |
| 17 | I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because |
| 18 | Remember in numerical questions to write in your scripts the steps that you go through to arrive at a solution . |
| 19 | 2 You are selling cars ; you have gone out to look at a customer 's part exchange . |
| 20 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
| 21 | We can and often should stop reasoning about art , and go instead to look at a painting , listen to some music , read a poem . |
| 22 | But if we go on refusing to accept our true age and try instead to remain at a stage of life to which we no longer properly belong , then looking younger than our years is a false statement . |
| 23 | ‘ I think if I was to get up to dance at a party , Kate would say , ‘ Oh , do n't dance , Dad — you 're a parent , you 're not supposed to do that sort of thing . ’ |
| 24 | Councillors heard that Homesmith had a good self-build record , but agreed any contract should be put out to tender at a later stage . |
| 25 | He was taken to the local police station , charged and bailed out to return at a later date . |
| 26 | But then of course Paula was so lovely she had only to look at a boy to have him crazy about her , Sally thought wretchedly . |
| 27 | Our amateurs were simply not dedicated enough to win at a world level . |
| 28 | ‘ At least that generation knows how to behave at a first night … ’ |
| 29 | We have then to look at a third area of asymmetry , directly connected with qualitative changes in the means of cultural production . |