Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
| 2 | ‘ It was my task to follow at the rear ! ’ |
| 3 | He was imprisoned up there , beneath the lead roof , ’ Lucenzo said , pulling her close , his head against hers as she craned her neck to look at the pink and white Doges ' Palace . |
| 4 | She sat down in the chair that Dieter held for her and craned her neck to peer at the book . |
| 5 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
| 6 | And the club committee was given the go-ahead to seek legal advice in their bid to remain at the ground for at least six months under a protected tenancy . |
| 7 | The petitioning creditor must prepare for the hearing a list of all those creditors who have given notice of their intention to appear at the hearing and hand it in at the hearing(r6.24) . |
| 8 | She raised her weapon to fire at the door . |
| 9 | Wide-eyed , her throat suddenly dry , she turned her head to stare at the length of his body . |
| 10 | As usual , Queen 's have n't their sorrows to seek at the start of a new season while they wait to see who will turn up for the new University term . |
| 11 | Naturally , this did n't affect her competence to teach at the University of Oxford , because until quite recently the place preferred to treat modern languages as if they were dead : this made them more respectable , more like the distant perfections of Latin and Greek . |
| 12 | ‘ The parties will all reassert their commitment to sit at the peace table , but most will display a diminished taste for direct negotiations , ’ said Harvey Sicherman of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy . |
| 13 | Mother Hilary may well be the one to shed those tears , but she is also a realist who realises that for her daughter to achieve at the sport she loves , she needed to leave home . |
| 14 | So too this gnawing of himself like a fox caught in a trap forced to bite off its leg and for pain , every few moments raising its face to howl at the sky . |
| 15 | One evening Rosslyn 's horse came up from the paddock as usual for his dinner , but instead of practically knocking her over like he normally did in his enthusiasm to get at the food , he stopped quietly at her side and put his head in her hands , saying non-verbally : ‘ I hurt ! ’ |
| 16 | The deposed king had announced his decision to return at the end of May , when he committed himself to promoting democracy and announced that he was planning to sponsor an interim multiparty government of national consensus which would include members of the military . |
| 17 | The Scottish Sports Council announced today that its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Mr Ken Hutchison has intimated his decision to retire at the end of November . |
| 18 | He opened his mouth to shout at the Thing , and the walls exploded . |
| 19 | Charlie is unaware of the spirits alive in him , so that the narrator of the story is frustrated in his attempt to come at the uncluttered account of past lives . |
| 20 | Contract Director , Bill Freeman , who recently announced his intention to retire at the end of the year , started his carpet career with Stoddard in 1956 . |
| 21 | His black eyes flickered , and he drew the monk over by his sleeve to look at the pageant more closely . |
| 22 | The Prince shook an admonishing finger at the Rifleman then took out his telescope to stare at the battery of French guns . |
| 23 | The early morning mist was lifting above the Great Stukeley lanes to reveal a glorious day as Mr Major arrived with his wife to vote at the village hall . |
| 24 | Mr Brocklebank , who had been sent by his wife to look at the house , reported back . |
| 25 | The irony is primarily at the expense of Mrs Moreen ( a lady less refined than she would like to appear ) , and secondarily at the expense of Pemberton ( whom we smile at and with over his impotence to get at the information he wants ) . |
| 26 | And with close season signing from Limerick , Barry Ryan , also sidelined with a hamstring injury , Derry boss Roy Coyle has n't his sorrows to seek at the moment . |
| 27 | Serve them right , he thought vindictively and then , imitated at his own childishness , turned his head to look at the other people arranged alongside him , the desk 's shining expanse of polished wood reflecting their faces as twisted white blobs . |
| 28 | He turned his head to look at the mantelpiece . |
| 29 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 30 | The House of Lords held , in effect , that since the applicant was arguing that he had a contractual right under his lease to remain at the lower rent , he was asserting private law rights and so could raise the defence in the possession proceedings in the County Court and did not have to raise it by means of an AJR . |