Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 2 | So therefore we 've got to look at it that way . |
| 3 | His are primarily paintings , compositions in which he includes other objects with ‘ a universal symbolism that 's not precise — people have got to arrive at their own interpretation , ’ he stresses . |
| 4 | He was bound to provide at his own cost one riding forester and two walking foresters to keep his bailiwick , and to perform the military service of ‘ going in the army at the King 's cost wherever the King goes ’ . |
| 5 | The pupils just wanted to stare at him all day . |
| 6 | Did he also receive representations about 15 Parachute regiment to the effect that it should be allowed to continue at its five locations in Scotland ? |
| 7 | But if she is allowed to go at her own pace , without criticism , while she is dealing with the chaos within , you will find that her mood will gradually become more optimistic and her feelings of despair less frequent . |
| 8 | The principal obstacles to its success were : the economic climate in which the Geddes Report emphasized the low priority of education when financial restraint was inevitable ; the less than enthusiastic response from numerous LEAs in submitting their schemes ( they were allowed to proceed at their own pace without a universal appointed day ) ; the beginning of opposition from the National Union of Teachers and the labour movement in favour of ‘ Secondary Education for All ’ and a school-leaving age of 15 ; and , perhaps most significantly , the opposition of large sections of industry , including the Federation of British Industries . |
| 9 | There is no set length of time in which to achieve these either — each individual is allowed to work at their own pace , they are assessed when they are ready . |
| 10 | In 1887 he was allowed to resign at his own request . |
| 11 | The Post Office has chosen to arrive at its net cash flow from operating activities by using the direct method rather than the indirect method . |
| 12 | Andy Till , who defends his British light-middleweight title against Tony Collins at York Hall , Bethnal Green tonight , also failed to show at his same-venue news conference . |