Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You want to look at the toys while I go in here ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , I want to look at the ponies with Ricky , ’ said Perdita , frantic not to miss a minute . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Oh yes I mean Then er we had the Christmas Fair meeting of which maybe you want to look at the minutes now . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to look at the bodies . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the event , Paris was saved because Galliéni recognized that the moment had come to strike at the Germans when Kluck , wheeling northeast of the city , exposed his right flank to the Sixth Army . |
| 19 | In this , the scene is divided into three sections both horizontally and vertically , and the idea is to line up the shot so that the main features are made to come at the intersections of the imaginary dividing lines . |
| 20 | Thus , when the discount houses offer to sell bills to the Bank , the latter is in a strong position to influence rates of interest in the bill market by refusing to buy at the rates quoted . |
| 21 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
| 22 | Rather than try to disentangle the scores of relationships examined between animals and plants in this area by putting them into categories of predation or dispersal mechanism , an attempt is made to look at the relationships of particular taxonomic groups of animals and their food plants . |
| 23 | He is also instructed to look at the books provided in the church for such as him when he hears Mass . |
| 24 | It is a rather uncharacteristic work , scored fr the unusual combination of two violins and double bass , which like Mozart 's Musical Joke , pokes gentle fun at badly played dance music , and even includes a section where the players are instructed to shout at the beats of the bar ! |
| 25 | Children came to laugh at the animals as they rocked autistically or broke into tantrums ; creatures accustomed to marking out miles of territory in a single day were now constrained to prowl and circle in a few narrow yards . |
| 26 | This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality . |
| 27 | They looked red and sore and his mouth seemed to droop at the corners . |
| 28 | I am writing to protest at the discrepancies between the public statements and the actions of the Scottish Secretary in his dealings with local government . |
| 29 | ‘ Why do you want to look at the gibbons ? ’ |
| 30 | Yeah and the thing is also being new to driving you tend to look at the headlights rather than look away from them . |