Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , although many babies pull off hats , socks and booties in their first year , they do n't really try to dress or undress at this stage . |
| 2 | New ramps that trucks could mount or circumvent at low speeds are one solution . |
| 3 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 4 | Under ‘ mass-production ’ conditions the industry was obliged to keep its labour-teams steadily employed , moving in a planned succession from one undertaking to another , and progressively brought down its costs to reach an ever-widening circle of demand for homes to buy or rent at economic figures . |
| 5 | There were things all three of them knew , and things all three of them were wondering , but no one cared to question or acknowledge at this hour . |
| 6 | ‘ Since that night fifteen years ago , can you touch , smell , or look at white roses — and not think of me ? ’ |
| 7 | Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ? |
| 8 | Still , overall we thought ourselves lucky because a lot of other houses in the street had rats as well as mice , which was much worse because at least mice do n't bite or nibble at human feet … |
| 9 | Recognised junior equipment is also available to buy or hire at many RYA centres . |
| 10 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 11 | British industry suffered a major crisis and needed to reorganise and rationalise at all levels . |
| 12 | ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says . |
| 13 | Excursions : Enterprise have arranged much for you to see and do at reasonable prices . |
| 14 | The Act also empowers the Secretary of State to define the structure and content of each of these subjects in considerable detail , and to specify what pupils of different abilities should study and achieve at various ages . |
| 15 | Not only me , but poor Dave ( Paich ) too : we 'd just sit there and look at each other and go , ‘ This is wrong , ’ trying to get somebody to interpret our music . |
| 16 | Let us go and look at that tree . |
| 17 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 18 | ‘ And I would ask you , Mr Stevens , to turn around and look at that Chinaman . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll go and look at that potato thing and the meat and then I 'll see . |
| 20 | ‘ Let's go and look at that henhouse . |
| 21 | And I 've got ta try and look at some poetry . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh do shut up and look at these maps with me . |
| 23 | ‘ I need to go and look at this furniture for the house , ’ she admitted . |
| 24 | ‘ But the only way we can find that out will be to go and look at this mistletoe , and on the way you can tell me more about Miss Miggs . ’ |
| 25 | There was also mild throat-clearing as Mr Major strode off towards the largest car ferry in Europe with the words : ‘ Let's go and look at this boat ! ’ |
| 26 | Patrick you know where I would like to go and look at this thing we have |
| 27 | In reality , however , the difference between him and a shareholder may not be anything like as clear-cut , for the debenture may give the holder a contractual right : — to appoint a director ; to a share of profits ( whether or not available for dividend ) ; to repayment at a premium ; to attend and vote at general meetings and even to convert his debentures into equity shares . |
| 28 | A member entitled to attend and vote at this meeting may appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and , on a poll , vote instead of him or her . |
| 29 | The TPU provides a flexible layer , allowing the materials to expand and contract at different rates without delaminating . |
| 30 | In the static methods , changes in the temperature dependence of an intensive property , such as density or heat capacity are followed and measurements are carried out slowly , to allow the sample to equilibrate and relax at each observation temperature . |