Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ratany plant , ’ he 'd say , dismounting to peer at the tiny , magenta petals . |
| 2 | If they made the bead taste bitter , by dipping it in alcohol , or quinine , or the pungent methylanthranilate , then the chick would peck once , show disgust by shaking its head vigorously and wiping its beak on the floor of its pen , and then back away , refusing to peck at a similar but dry bead offered any time from a few seconds to a few days subsequently . |
| 3 | She climbed up again , and , refusing to look at the dangerous beams , began soberly to close the trunks , tidy up a little . |
| 4 | ‘ And most likely going to sit at the next table . ’ |
| 5 | THERE 'S been a revolution in media over the last few years and it 's going to continue at an ever-increasing pace for sometime to come . |
| 6 | Using a proper name for a subject search may be easier for the user than attempting to guess at an appropriate subject heading , particularly if the object is to extract a class number to pursue subject searching at the shelves . |
| 7 | Is he guaranteeing to tell us where everyone of the cooks is going to come at the next Policy Meeting . |
| 8 | I think that it was during this visit that Peter Duval-Smith tacked on to us when we were going to dine at the Turkish harbour . |
| 9 | There were very few birdwatchers , about sixteen in the county , and it was quite different in those days — there was none of this rushing around the countryside , 2,000 people going to look at a rare bird . |
| 10 | You know when we 're going to look at the four forty five I may as well get book four two nine six seven . |
| 11 | Right Suzanne , now we 're going to look at the various parts of the Topper and how they fit together . |
| 12 | How has a Montpellier fishwife so mastered the art of composition that with her basket of fish for the bouillabaisse she is presenting a picture of such splendour that instead of going to look at the famous collection of paintings in the Musée Fabre you drive off as fast as possible to the coast to order a dish cooked with just such fish ? |
| 13 | But erm I I do n't , still do n't see from this how we 're going to look at the underlying systems because it 's the system that concerns me . |
| 14 | We are going to look at the whole question of BBC financing and the licence fee in the run-up to the renewal of the charter . |
| 15 | For the next two chapters we are going to look at the special role that money plays in the economy . |
| 16 | First then , continuing our series of programmes on applications of computers , today we 're going to look at the so-called microprocessor , and to help me do this I have Doctor Fred Halsall and Doctor Paul Lister , who are engineers and specialists in this particular area . |
| 17 | We also going to identify at an early stage the financial resources that will be in next year in order to meet our obligation with identifying worthwhile all the time and then by a course of are reserved er to , to support |
| 18 | There have been a number of studies attempting to look at the vexed question of the effect of healing of oesophagitis on oesophageal function . |
| 19 | All of the youths studied were in their last year of school , and all were going to leave at the minimum school leaving age ( Corrigan , 1979 ) . |
| 20 | Many definitions exist , each one emphasising a slightly different approach and each one attempting to arrive at a simple , yet brief and accurate , form of words . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , I am entitled to take all these circumstances into account in attempting to arrive at a just decision concerning injunctive relief . |
| 22 | Branson , he argued , was attempting to expand at a faster rate than the resources of the company allowed . |
| 23 | Not only the Bolsheviks but their ‘ worst enemies ’ , wrote Zinoviev , were convinced that ‘ socialist revolution on a world scale was going to develop at a mad gallop ’ . |
| 24 | indeed , was beginning to increase at an alarming rate — the resources to meet the challenge were simply not to hand . |
| 25 | 3 It hopes to allow , and induce , students to work at the pace best suited to them as individuals , rather than having to proceed at the standard class rate . |
| 26 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 27 | In 1935 a Mr Cole of Middlesbrough complained to the Sea Fish Commission that they were still having to sell at the pre-war prices of a halfpenny fish and a ha'porth of chips . |
| 28 | Gorbachev met with Yakovlev , Nazarbayev , Akayev and Yeltsin on Aug. 27 and called for the Union Treaty process to be renewed , threatening to resign at the Supreme Soviet in September if the uncontrolled dissolution of the Soviet Union continued . |
| 29 | well , I do n't know whether that man over there is cleaning the windows or whether he 's having to look at the double glazing again |
| 30 | Any kid will tell you that the worst part of moving house is having to start at a new school where you do n't know anyone , and I was scared stiff . |