Example sentences of "[verb] at [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I want you to do is shout out as many features of the plan as you can think of , and then in a minute we 'll look at changing them into benefits . |
| 2 | The counselling process focuses upon self-image , and ultimately aims at modifying it in a constructive way . |
| 3 | She half turned to go , then stopped , unable to understand the strange reluctance she felt at leaving him with this bitter anger lying between them . |
| 4 | Lawbreakers have placed themselves outside of society by committing their offences , but the penal process should ultimately aim at returning them to society as full members . |
| 5 | He looked at her doubtfully , as troubled at leaving her with the distressed child as Edna had been at leaving Liza with Celia a short time before . |
| 6 | Or perhaps it was just shock at seeing me without the gag . |
| 7 | Even more worrying , what did Jennifer and her parents think at seeing her with David and at hearing Belinda 's announcement ? |
| 8 | Insisting that the Platform was not fighting against the party but rather for its " democratic renewal aimed at adapting it to a multiparty system " , Shostakovsky called on Platform supporters to remain inside the CPSU until after the congress ( a view endorsed on April 12 by leading radical Boris Yeltsin ) , and criticized a call made by fellow Democratic Platform leader Igor Chubais on April 11 for Platform supporters to resign their CPSU membership immediately . |