Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aisha 's insistent words in the grain store , as she shook her gold earrings and the bangles on her wrist , urging me to stay at home , but I could only gaze at her shoes and marvel at how exactly they matched her handbag . |
| 2 | Walker and McKinnon also deny stealing the car that night and Walker denies driving it recklessly and causing it to brake at speed . |
| 3 | We take them out at about six months to get them used to travelling on buses and trains , as well as teaching them to stop at kerbs , listening for traffic and avoiding any obstacles . |
| 4 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 5 | And if Angel did not want to become a priest , what was the use of sending him to study at Cambridge ? |
| 6 | The Sun itself is destructive , heating the rocks by day so they expand , abandoning them to cool at night . |
| 7 | ‘ When I think , ’ he said happily , ‘ that I , Pumblechook , was able to help in my small way , by taking you to play at Miss — ’ |
| 8 | This decision , to cease teacher training at the Polytechnic while allowing it to continue at West Glamorgan seems to have been based on political rather than educational considerations . |
| 9 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 10 | There was a ‘ For Sale ’ sign outside , and at the time I was beginning to contemplate leaving Baldersdale — half of me wanted a more suitable place and the other half was telling me to stop at Low Birk Hatt . |