Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My singing career sort of got off the ground through the show too because it was when a few of us from the show got together to sing at a benefit concert for a football club in Australia that I first publicly sang ‘ The Locomotion . ’ |
| 2 | What actually happened was that a colleague of mine , Dave Walton and I , got together to look at a rather esoteric aspect of molecular motion , thinking of making molecules which were very , very long and had very simple structure but could have perhaps erm very complicated what we call dynamic motion , but there was some very good chemistry involved and we erm put this project together for the Sussex Chemistry Bithesis programme , and erm the student who took on this particular project , Alexander , spent two years learning how to do the synthesis and developed a lot of ability in this area ; he also learned how to do the spectroscopic experiments and studied the analysis of molecular motion , and he was able to do this on top of the course work that he did , and in fact this particular project and Alexander , who did the work himself , and the subsequent exciting sort of repercussions of the project have all made me a rather firm believer in the course here , and that in fact undergraduates can do research and also that it 's a very good training for the future . |
| 3 | I stopped momentarily to look at the old ‘ cenotaph ’ or what remained of it . |
| 4 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 5 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 6 | There was one other issue which the CEGB tried hard to avoid at the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
| 7 | Filmer came alone to sit at an untenanted table , ordering eggs and coffee from Oliver without looking at him . |
| 8 | He came across to look at the image open on my lectern : a wild man covered in shaggy green fur was fighting a little hon with a club . |
| 9 | Rachel froze on the bottom stair , heart stopping , and her head turned slowly to look at the pretty amah . |
| 10 | The goldfinches pecked neatly and precisely : The snow buntings burrowed energetically , discarding dead stalks and leaves with a quick flick of the head ; then dug deeper to get at the hidden seeds , their busy movements leaving visible impressions . |
| 11 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 12 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 13 | But Becky often skipped away to listen at the back . |
| 14 | Jinny felt her breath stop as her eyes swivelled automatically to look at the Hare-woman . |
| 15 | Others walked away to look at the island , and two men stayed to watch the boat . |
| 16 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
| 17 | Blood matted the blond hair , and Lindsey took a deep breath as she leaned closer to peer at the wound . |
| 18 | But then of course Paula was so lovely she had only to look at a boy to have him crazy about her , Sally thought wretchedly . |
| 19 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 20 | I had only to look at the farmer 's face to know that the cow was worse . |
| 21 | Then more feet , the slam of a door , the surge of power as the Rover shot away to look at the next corner . |