Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert , reserves boss at the Oval for the previous six years , will be a hard act to follow , winning the league four times , including last season . |
| 2 | Soft chignon wound at the crown for casual chic , styled with Redken products |
| 3 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 4 | Hoddle kicked off by telling Swindon he wanted to leave … he wanted a bigger club … next thing Chelsea are knocking at the door for both Hoddle and John Gorman … they both resigned … |
| 5 | I stopped at the church for my lunch , sitting on a hot tombstone looking out across the fields to Semer Water . |
| 6 | Neil Fitzgerald looks at the case for finding a fast-track route for commercial actions . |
| 7 | Part Six looks at the machinery for resolving disputes . |
| 8 | Further , if one looks at the picture for some time , one generally finds , involuntarily , that what one sees changes frequently from a staircase viewed from above to a staircase viewed from below and back again . |
| 9 | Michele Hanson examines the problems imposed by budget cuts and staff shortages , and looks at the need for long-term strategies . |
| 10 | WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn has thrown down the gauntlet to much-travelled striker Howard Gayle , who trained at the Racecourse for the first time yesterday . |
| 11 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 12 | Well I have n't looked at the board for a week |
| 13 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 14 | Rufus had not looked at the picture for years . |
| 15 | Theda had gone paler than usual , and she grasped at the bedpost for support . |
| 16 | Salgado photographed at the mine for three weeks . |
| 17 | And I listen at the wall for sounds from Jancey , but it 's as quiet as a pillow , and she 's obviously gone to bed . |
| 18 | Mikhail Gorbachev avoided touching sensitive nerves during his Berlin visit , though he , too , hinted at the need for change . |
| 19 | Looking at the artwork for the UV Exposure Timer , it will be seen that all mains parts are at one end of the board , with 240V connections via screw terminals for safety . |
| 20 | Looking at the outlook for Europe in 1992 , Cefic predicts a weak 1.9 per cent growth in GDP , compared to 1 per cent in 1991 . |
| 21 | One department is concerned with worldwide issues ; for example , when looking at the outlook for energy , it does not feel qualified to do this type of study itself . |
| 22 | All morning the world 's top cyclists will have been reconnoitring the course , selecting their gear ratios and the most suitable of their many bikes , looking at the route for the best way through corners , testing the strength and direction of the wind — looking for anything that will give them that little extra in this first trial of strength , which will be clocked in tenths and hundredths of a second . |
| 23 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 24 | We will also be looking at the potential for ‘ converting ’ existing national awards into general SVQs , and at ways of fitting Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas into the general SVQ framework . |
| 25 | This chapter will start by looking at the potential for politicisation in later-Stuart England , and show that most of the issues which divided the parties at this time had roots which dug deep in society . |
| 26 | However , it is first worth rehearsing the basic structure within which the delegation of powers will work under LMS and looking at the basis for teacher involvement that already exists in many schools . |
| 27 | By the garden gate of Four Winds she stood looking at the house for several minutes in silence before they got back into the car and she told him how to get to the Inn on the Point . |
| 28 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 29 | She had been looking at the castle for the last hour . |
| 30 | The scene in the book where Robyn arrives at the factory for the first time and goes and has a conversation with Wilcox , that 's four pages , which would take 15 minutes in playing time if you acted it out . |