Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's true , er it would be also I think irresponsible for my side to point at oil companies or this or that operator . |
| 2 | Turning my head to gaze at life , |
| 3 | Comprising over 200 pieces , the Larner collection is the largest single-owner collection of its kind to appear at auction . |
| 4 | AFTER a review of its fish feed activities , has announced its decision to combine at Radstock with at Renfrew . |
| 5 | Unfortunately Hunslet have a ‘ cast iron ’ agreement with Leeds council ( still 13 years of their current lease to run ) , and the full backing of the Rugby Football League in their fight to stay at Elland Rd . |
| 6 | The passage goes on to say that the Hart-Leap Well experience made William and Dorothy feel that their decision to settle at Grasmere was justified . |
| 7 | She turned in her seat to stare at Gabriel grimly . |
| 8 | In teaching , for example , married women were charged with being less efficient than men because of their higher absentee rates caused by pregnancy and by their need to stay at home to look after sick children , the fundamental assumption being that marriage and motherhood were incompatible with a career . |
| 9 | As for Monica Seles , her desire to play at Wimbledon this year , coupled with the fact that she already has the Australian title under her belt , might be all the incentive that she needs to go for that Grand Slam this year , that same Grand Slam which she passed up last year with her refusal to play the British leg of the four majors . |
| 10 | Her tears were gone now and she raised her head to look at Fernando . |
| 11 | Theda could not forbear a smile as she turned her head to look at Benedict . |
| 12 | Lina turned her head to look at Cleo and a cunning intelligence stole into her eyes . |
| 13 | as if something had just occurred to her , Bella turned her head to look at Marie : ‘ Must be a bit of a shock to you an ’ all . |
| 14 | She turned her head to smile at Alexandra . |
| 15 | Eleanor turned her head to peer at Melissa , her doughy face alight with a morbid curiosity . |
| 16 | Miners may now keep 20% of their output to sell at free-market prices . |
| 17 | His decision to stay at home for emergency meetings sent shock waves through the money markets and shares plunged . |
| 18 | In his Autobiographical Memoranda Wordsworth remembers first of all his freedom to read at Hawkshead : |
| 19 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 20 | Rosenthal , 29 , has failed to sign a new one-year contract offered to him by Liverpool even though he has expressed his desire to stay at Anfield . |
| 21 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 22 | He squinted out of the corner of his eye to look at Irina . |
| 23 | He turned his head to look at Shiva , cast on him an indifferent glance , and turned away . |
| 24 | He did n't even stop or turn his head to look at me. i do n't think he heard me . |
| 25 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 26 | The fox stopped and turned his head to look at Vic for a moment , as if to say , Yes ? and then proceeded calmly on his way , his brush swaying in the air behind him . |
| 27 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 28 | The Prince waved happily at a party of soldiers who drew water from the stream , then twisted in his saddle to shout at Sharpe . |
| 29 | Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning , even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them , and sat back in his chair to look at Dyson . |
| 30 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |