Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ League points are still important to us and nobody wants to miss out at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 2 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 3 | It is not within the scope of this book to offer a full account of the development of socialist realism in France , yet the point that needs to emerge clearly at this stage is that contemporary hostile assessments are themselves a product of a post-Stalinist epoch reacting violently against the crude excesses of Cold War politics and cultural policy . |
| 4 | The guy says he was in a hurry to get home because he has to get up at six tomorrow morning because he 's donating some of his bone marrow so that his sister can have a bone marrow transplant … |
| 5 | Lewis , meanwhile , intends to turn up at each of Bowe 's fights to shame the IBF and WBA champion into fighting him . |
| 6 | Asthma tends to flare up at various times it 'll it tends |
| 7 | The subterranean world of the behind-the-scenes television power-brokers gets to meet up at these events . |
| 8 | The research aims to look both at personal characteristics , such as age and sex , and also at company characteristics , such as the number of employees at the workplace . |