Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had originally intended to freeze our budget at precisely the level that it has been at the last two years for a variety of reasons we have decided that it is sensible to actually bring it down yet further . |
| 2 | We had originally intended to try our hand at clay pigeon shooting or perhaps even gliding , but our time was running out and there was still so much we wanted to see . |
| 3 | We had originally intended to try our hand at clay pigeon shooting or perhaps even gliding , but our time was running out and there was still so much we wanted to see . |
| 4 | Hundreds more Herefordians are expected to risk their morals at the first show in the city early next month . |
| 5 | The estate 's extensive grounds offer excellent opportunities for many pleasant walks and include a small lake where guests are permitted to try their hand at a little fishing . |
| 6 | He had expected to abandon his post at 11 a.m. in time for an early pub lunch , but his colleague 's arrival had been unexpectedly delayed . |
| 7 | In the end it wins a King 's daughter who is expected to bum its hedgehog-skin at night , and does so , and finds herself clasping a beautiful Prince , all singed and soot-black . |
| 8 | Twice US Open champion , Tracy Austin , is expected to make her comeback at the event . |
| 9 | Twice US Open champion , Tracy Austin , is expected to make her comeback at the event . |
| 10 | The fee is two hundred and fifty thousand pounds and Mutch , who 'll sign tomorrow , is expected to make his debut at the County Ground against Liverpool on Sunday … |
| 11 | He also claimed that an attempt had been made to kill his son at the same site in Castlerock , where he was shot dead a week later . |
| 12 | Faced , as far as he can see , with a future of minimum inflow and maximum outflow , he has decided to sell his gallery at 22 Cork Street as an art object . |
| 13 | Please note : Nottinghamshire County Council has collected information to publish this brochure in good faith and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy at the time of printing . |
| 14 | He has again been selected to represent his country at this September 's World Championships , again to be held in Ibiza , although he desperately needs sponsorship to repeat his feats of last season . |
| 15 | To enable the wife to work , the couple have employed a nanny and have also decided to educate their children at private London day schools . |
| 16 | This is to let you know that work is being done to maintain our premises at 31 High Street . |
| 17 | ‘ Now he sails under a flag of convenience , prepared to change his views at the drop of an opinion poll . ’ |
| 18 | But teachers ( or most of them ) clearly care about education because they have decided to earn their living at it . |
| 19 | why ? well you 've got to conserve your strength at your age |
| 20 | I 've promised to meet my cousin at that Inn on the Point at half past one . |
| 21 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 22 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 23 | Among the painted sculptures from the first decade of his activity as an abstract artist are ‘ Midday ’ ( 1960 , MOMA , New York ) , ) , ‘ Prairie ’ ( 1967 , NGA , Washington ) and ‘ Early One Morning ’ ( 1962 ) which the Tate Gallery was persuaded to loan only after Caro had agreed to supervise its restoration at the end of the exhibition . |
| 24 | The older woman had n't bothered to hide her dismay at what she had seen as the loss of her precious older son . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got to set my mind at rest , ’ she said . |
| 26 | He had had to conceal his revulsion at the creased and thumbed photographs handed round from desk to desk at school — those grey girls with their balloon breasts and gaping hairy forks . |
| 27 | The Dutch plan envisages people living closer to their workplace and without that happening it is hard to see how they will be persuaded to leave their cars at home . |
| 28 | Parents of fourth years at Falconhurst school reacted angrily at being told to keep their children at home today and tomorrow . |
| 29 | If Jack had had to protect his pitch at Dagenham and White City in the days when men were men , he would n't have survived until the third race . |
| 30 | Mr Foxon himself was attacked with a crowbar at the same site just last week and the firm has had to double its guard at the retail park . |