Example sentences of "[det] [vb infin] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Years later , long after Tam was " deed " , I did some research at the Black Watch archives in Perth and was assured that no such thing could ever have happened .
2 ‘ You mean , if you cut that picture up into four — which would be a distinctly pro-life act if you want my opinion and gave it to four different restorers , they 'd each stop at a different point ? ’
3 They sat together , in the small-sized chairs brought up by Balor , and ate their breakfasts and told one another was n't this the finest meal ever and would they all look at the roasting oxen , because it was a long time , well it was years , really , since any of them had seen such a sight .
4 The arrangement was that they would all meet at the Federal Express Office in Salt Lake City Airport and send the papers off together to Nature .
5 And he wanted to make similar remarks about our initial belief that though we use the same language and agree on the words with which to describe the colours of the objects around us , still we might for all we know see the objects completely differently ; an object that causes in me what I call a sensation of red may cause in you what I would call a sensation of blue , though we can never know this since we will continue to agree on what to say and on how to act in our differently coloured environments ( we will all stop at a red traffic light , for instance ) .
6 What 's that say at the bottom bit ?
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