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Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last .
2	And that I , I would n't be adverse , I know it means you know you , you , if you put s some extra into one thing you 've got to take it away from somewhere else , but I , I , I would be quite happy to see them look at special needs and whether we actually need even more careers officer time for that .
3	Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates .
4	That old smarty pants Dr Samuel Johnson was fond of saying that a woman preaching was like a dog standing on hind legs — it was not done well but it was surprising to find it done at all .
5	Actually the tea shop benefited slightly , because we 'd introduced a new line of rock cakes that week , and some rioters came round to buy them to throw at middle class people . ’
6	Just a word about the Oxford goal ; I saw that , I saw erm Andy Melville score it , I was most surprised to hear it overruled at half time .
7	Discretionary power and the opportunity to exercise it exist at all levels of police organizations .
8	Anyway I 'm delighted to see we 've at last got round to this .
9	I ask the hon. Gentleman to let me continue at this stage .
10	Three wickets fell , though , in the first half hour after lunch to leave them wobbling at 61 for four .
11	He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot .
12	I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’
13	Perhaps best to let it go at that .
14	The reader refuses to let it rest at that .
15	they wo n't , they wo n't , th they do n't intend to let it happen at all there
16	Sod that for a lark , thought Lipman , who felt anxious to flash her felt at all costs .
17	One has to understand it to live at all .
18	‘ I do n't mind them celebrating Christmas but it 's insensitive to keep it going at that level for that long .
19	J actually expends energy on caring about not caring in a ( non ) attempt to kid us nothing' at all bothers him into action , no sir .
20	‘ It 'll soon be dark and then we wo n't be able to see him coming at all . ’
21	Since the kite has a lift component to enable it to accelerate at certain positions around the hemisphere it also has what is known as an ‘ apparent wind ’ and it is this which sustains the motion within the flight envelope .
22	‘ I do n't think she intended to have me adopted at that time .
23	To get you to work at that .
24	The therapist tried to get her to look at such situations from her parents ' viewpoint .
25	Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room .
26	As a matter of fact , most of the London publishers send their printing to Edinburgh to get it done at half cost by sweated labour .
27	But there had been little doubt he would go from the moment Micheal Hurley had called during the Thanksgiving holiday to say he had at last been funded for a major operation in the Middle East and would Coleman be interested in going back to Cyprus as a DEA contractor ?
28	In his book , The Stress Myth , he contradicts the usual assumption that unwanted stress is an inevitable part of life and teaches that instead of looking for ways of dealing with it after it has occurred , we ourselves should take action to prevent it happening at all .