Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , I am entitled to take all these circumstances into account in attempting to arrive at a just decision concerning injunctive relief . |
| 5 | Branson , he argued , was attempting to expand at a faster rate than the resources of the company allowed . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | After Canterbury we took the old Roman Road into Hertfordshire , planning to stop at a royal manor , but the weather turned cold ; blustery rain clouds sped in from the sea and we were forced to break our journey at one of the great taverns just outside Canterbury . |