Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've started to restore my beauty at last she signed with relief . |
| 2 | I 'm sure that there are hundreds of dealers getting ready to write me letters at this point to tell me that a satisfied customer is more important than a sale . |
| 3 | I 've promised to meet my cousin at that Inn on the Point at half past one . |
| 4 | Usually they have few opportunities to check that their instructions are being pursued and almost none to supervise their execution at first hand . |
| 5 | True , it was but a small village , but the fact was maintained that the railway would have to establish their station at that point . |
| 6 | Peter was able to take his test a year earlier than most because the law allows disabled people to pass their test at 16 . |
| 7 | ‘ Danish farmers are also keen to try their hand at outdoor systems , which we have seen emerging in the UK over the past five years , and trials have already begun . ’ |
| 8 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 9 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 10 | I have n't had any calls from you , ’ Laura gasped , finally managing to find her voice at last . |
| 11 | Breathing can be affected : people suffer from shortness of breath or panic attacks in which they are unable to catch their breath at all ; stress may bring on asthma attacks if people are prone to them . |
| 12 | But when he realized by late afternoon that none of the farmers at Casterbridge wanted a farm manager , or even a shepherd , he decided to try his luck at another fair the next day . |
| 13 | It was a pity in a way , but he 's learnt a lot in the last two years , and now feels ready to try his hand at professional photography in London . |
| 14 | Steve Hammond seemed to find his voice at last , but behind his smile , Lindsey could n't help but catch a faint note of desperation . |
| 15 | Opinion polls showed that the charismatic Jackson would have won the contest easily , and thus removed the frequently heard criticism that he had never held elected office , but he stated that he preferred to concentrate his efforts at national level " to change the direction of this country " . |
| 16 | It 's so important to know your players at certain moments in a match ’ |
| 17 | It meant however that we had little time to relate our studies at any deep level to Buddhism , but it seemed unanswerable that people must have a deep understanding of their own faith before they can go on to study that of other people . |
| 18 | Because when people come to catch our train at twenty five to five i i it 's announcing us that train . |
| 19 | If you can get them to absorb your material at all , that counts as an achievement . |
| 20 | The intercutting of parallel actions — which can be shot at different times and in different places — can all be done at the editing stage , and you are free to try your hand at risky shots safe in the knowledge that any failures can be edited out later . |
| 21 | ‘ You ought to try your hand at some fiction one of these days . ’ |
| 22 | MORE than 50 workers are to lose their jobs at two Highland oil rig yards . |
| 23 | The girls insist that it is their fundamental right to wear their scarves at all times , just as some of their fellow students wear skullcaps or the cross . |
| 24 | ‘ At least she will get to see her boys at some point over the holiday . |
| 25 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 26 | I was greatly attracted to Georgia , and was able to enjoy her company at several film shows or at dinners on evenings when neither of us was working . |
| 27 | G. To be successful farmers need to be sure of being able to sell their outputs at reasonable prices . |
| 28 | They are looking only at aggregates and pig iron and other goods which can be trundled around the railways for many weeks and do not need to reach their destination at any particular time . |
| 29 | Vines , they 'd tell you , tend to mature their grapes at different times , and only an experienced eye can spot which to pick and which to leave behind . |
| 30 | Faced , as far as he can see , with a future of minimum inflow and maximum outflow , he has decided to sell his gallery at 22 Cork Street as an art object . |