Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coaches should plan to arrive at junction 21 of the M1 at 1pm to 1.30 and make their way to the rendezvous point . |
| 2 | Sometimes I think I should offer to stay at home and look after the wee fellow myself . ’ |
| 3 | If it is to save us , we must look at it as clearly as we should learn to look at death . |
| 4 | ‘ Now Mr Connon , I 'll want to talk at length to you about this , you realize . |
| 5 | But now I 'll meet more people , I 'll begin to feel at home . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll have to stay at home till the baby 's born , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | He might condescend to attend at half-time if there was n't a party or a bird somewhere . |
| 8 | In the long run such a scheme might help to keep at home people who in the early months need only limited assistance . |
| 9 | I 'd like to look at shuttering that area if we are gon na do your |
| 10 | There was no doubt in my mind at the time that Ferrari wanted him and that negotiations had reached a fairly advanced point : perhaps exactly the point Mario wanted , the point where he could go to Chapman and say that he 'd like to stay at Lotus but that Chapman had to be able to match Ferrari 's money . |
| 11 | Er but I mean as , as to returns , I mean you 'd have to look at specialist press for that erm |
| 12 | I wish I could afford to stay at home — in fact I did for two years . |
| 13 | Doddie Weir may have to impress at training today to force his way in among the forwards , who held a lineout session with assistant coach John Jeffrey at Happy Valley last night . |
| 14 | The delay and uncertainty over the fate of Challenger 's principal cargo , the tracking and data relay satellite , which is now aloft but in the wrong orbit , means that Europe 's Spacelab may have to operate at half-speed when it is launched in September . |
| 15 | However , you may have to work at floor level , but please do not be tempted to give massage on a bed . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ Research has shown that 70 per cent of us would prefer to die at home and only 30 per cent of us do . |
| 17 | The probability is , that given equal weather , other conditions , and price , the average British holidaymaker would prefer to holiday at home : What we would have to do is extend that appeal to people abroad , by service , value and the many unique features which Britain had on offer . |
| 18 | Fo for I would like to talk at length about my new electoral role |
| 19 | my Lord these are the matters I would like to explore at time |
| 20 | The other alternative is that through-fare reduced rate tickets will have to be discarded — passengers wishing to travel on saver-type tickets would have to re-book at franchise boundaries . |
| 21 | The question of my health is a difficult one , which I shall have to answer at length in a letter , if you can find the patience to read it . |
| 22 | I came here eight years ago from Unilever , and the standards I respected there are the ones I would try to uphold at Cancer Relief . |
| 23 | The boys had no fees to pay — for Sir Edmond had stipulated in the will that all scholastic instruction should be free — and they would continue to live at home with their parents . |
| 24 | Though the ice-box would continue to work at sea , run off the battery , the microwave could only be used while they were hooked up to the shore power supply . |
| 25 | The sea would start to roar at night , and the curlews would be hurled down the glen like dun-coloured bullets . |
| 26 | The growth of wheat , the birth of a lamb , the movement of clouds , put him in awe of nature : the locomotive he sees as man 's response : the switch and throttle are his magic wands … the girl may come to the science lesson with a less eager curiosity than the boy , but she too will need to feel at home with machinery . |
| 27 | but at least stress will begin to ease at work and you will feel so free to turn your attention to other areas of life at last . |
| 28 | ‘ Now I will have to sit at home with my fingers crossed and hope we get the right result . ’ |
| 29 | The bigger the event , the harder you will have to work at crowd-pulling and the earlier you will have to start to build up the interest . |
| 30 | The school will be closed for up to a week , and pupils will have to stay at home while temporary buildings are put up on the site . |