Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
| 2 | INVITING Mussolini 's grand-daughter to speak at the Tory Party conference has caused outrage . |
| 3 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 4 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to what was the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 5 | It is not part of Stone 's business to look at the condition of working people , but the illustrations in the book reveal very little about the thought styles that the privileged brought to marriage and divorce . |
| 6 | And she also knew that the reason for her pettiness was because she feared that Silas was disappointed in Doreen 's refusal to help at the barbecue . |
| 7 | It is interesting for today 's connoisseur to look at the cellar list of the Dolls ' House and ruminate on the joys of opening a bottle or two . |
| 8 | Ace was at the front of the vehicle , using Daak 's chainsword to hack at the metal-plated skirt . |
| 9 | Lazio manager Dino Zoff is convinced it 's Gazza 's destiny to rank at the pinnacle of football 's history , rubbing shoulders with the likes of Maradona . |
| 10 | It is a curiously uncontrolled , self-revealing laugh , for a man of Freddie Vigar 's background to laugh at a man of Howard 's . |
| 11 | If there are doubts about the search firm 's ability to work at a senior level , say to find a chief executive , the client may well invite two or three firms in to pitch competitively and see who has the best overall track record and appears most attractive and experienced to the Board . |
| 12 | He has not visited the cliff , but questions the Frenchman 's ability to climb at the highest levels . |
| 13 | In July , DHAC members accompanied three women and their seven children to the corporation housing manager 's office to protest at the allocation of a house to a former Belfast prison officer . |
| 14 | An object of a particular date in a particular context does not automatically mean that it dates that context : a context often contains artefacts of quite different dates , and it is the archaeologists 's task to arrive at an interpretation that fits all the facts . |