Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field was chaotic now , the archers had done their part , and could do no more from this on but let fly at the occasional fugitive . |
| 2 | Kimberley let fly at the dangling men from a hopeless range . |
| 3 | Furthermore , it is all too easy for both people to decide to let go at the same moment , so that no one is left holding a wing-tip . |
| 4 | As David Aers has skilfully shown , the merchant , the monk and the very language of the Shipman 's Tale do co-act at a general level to show a society where spiritual growth has been stunted , or rather deformed and directed away from an ideal moral and spiritual state . |
| 5 | Such links do exist at the present time , but they are the exception rather than the norm . |
| 6 | Not every Merovingian queen was as forceful as Fredegund , and the sons of various queens or concubines did inherit at the same time . |
| 7 | Eleanor Coade had the royal appointment to George III , for whom she made the Gothic screen at St George 's chapel , Windsor , and to the prince of Wales , for whom , successively as prince regent and George IV , she did work at the first Royal Pavilion , Brighton , and Carlton House . |
| 8 | The Pope did officiate at a public mass at the Lighthouse on Oct. 11 . |
| 9 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
| 10 | I was quite interested in that actually because you you did imply at an earlier stage that er although seniority was the the important principle in ge in gaining promotion , er there was no harm done if in your favour you know . |
| 11 | We did ask at the annual conference , that the trades council be reinstated |
| 12 | It 's a pure technicality , Mr chairman , but I did ask at the previous meeting er , that the erm , director of property services respond to me on a matter relating to Wootton Bassett magistrate 's court , If we have such a large amount of money that we can spend I think the questions that I posed then , er are relevant and I would appreciate a reply . |
| 13 | McCoist did snatch at a mistimed clearance from Buttigieg but by then the appeal of a substitution was growing at the same rate as the crowd 's dismay . |
| 14 | Diana Travers was n't a member of her birthday party but they did dine at the same restaurant , the Black Swan on the river at Cookham . |
| 15 | The implication needs no further explanation and there was a widespread belief that if Krabbe does run at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and wins , it would tarnish one of the greatest titles . |
| 16 | The study of " kinship " really does lie at the very heart of social anthropology and anthropologists argue a great deal among themselves about just what the word is supposed to mean . |