Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [vb infin] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
| 2 | He was aware that Members had to come and go at irregular intervals at the behest of their lords and masters when the House was in session , but he feared the worst . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a taxi waiting , ’ he stated as he escorted her out of the hotel , explaining , ‘ It is not permitted to drink and drive at all in Czechoslovakia . ’ |
| 4 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 5 | We 'll have to go and look at all the blokes playing rugby again ! |
| 6 | And I mean in that way you might sort of really want to go and look at one of these erm er sort of er rather awful inner city areas . |
| 7 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 8 | ‘ But the only way we can find that out will be to go and look at this mistletoe , and on the way you can tell me more about Miss Miggs . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I need to go and look at this furniture for the house , ’ she admitted . |
| 10 | Patrick you know where I would like to go and look at this thing we have |
| 11 | Excursions : Enterprise have arranged much for you to see and do at reasonable prices . |
| 12 | ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says . |
| 13 | In reality , however , the difference between him and a shareholder may not be anything like as clear-cut , for the debenture may give the holder a contractual right : — to appoint a director ; to a share of profits ( whether or not available for dividend ) ; to repayment at a premium ; to attend and vote at general meetings and even to convert his debentures into equity shares . |
| 14 | A member entitled to attend and vote at this meeting may appoint a proxy or proxies to attend and , on a poll , vote instead of him or her . |
| 15 | Recognised junior equipment is also available to buy or hire at many RYA centres . |
| 16 | Under ‘ mass-production ’ conditions the industry was obliged to keep its labour-teams steadily employed , moving in a planned succession from one undertaking to another , and progressively brought down its costs to reach an ever-widening circle of demand for homes to buy or rent at economic figures . |
| 17 | Should an instrument come with an option attached allowing investors to buy or sell at particular prices ? |
| 18 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 19 | In the static methods , changes in the temperature dependence of an intensive property , such as density or heat capacity are followed and measurements are carried out slowly , to allow the sample to equilibrate and relax at each observation temperature . |
| 20 | Surprisingly , perhaps , I find that walking with no means to draw or paint at all often has the effect of revelation at a particular place and time along the walk . |
| 21 | There were things all three of them knew , and things all three of them were wondering , but no one cared to question or acknowledge at this hour . |
| 22 | British industry suffered a major crisis and needed to reorganise and rationalise at all levels . |
| 23 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 24 | But , although many babies pull off hats , socks and booties in their first year , they do n't really try to dress or undress at this stage . |
| 25 | I was glad to stay and rest at first , but after a few minutes I became unbearably nervous . |
| 26 | The TPU provides a flexible layer , allowing the materials to expand and contract at different rates without delaminating . |
| 27 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 28 | We hurry them on when they want to stop and look at some new marvel . |
| 29 | Superficially it might have appeared as though two brawny giants , immobilised but for the sway of their torsos , were about to jab and slash at one another , piercing and flaying till the vampire bat device decided that sufficient flesh had been sliced , that sufficient blood had coagulated in slim cinnabar threads . |
| 30 | He is prone to speak and write at one moment as though motives were transparently obvious , and at the next as though they were inscrutable mysteries far beyond the range of his competence . |