Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know what purpose the meeting served in persuading Wapping of the merits of our plan , but it did enable me for the first and only time to see the terrain on which we were working and reinforced my enthusiasm to kill the committee at the earliest possible moment . |
| 2 | Greenpeace had taken one of its boats , the Cedarlea , to monitor the radioactivity at the end of the Sellafield discharge pipeline . |
| 3 | Perhaps he hoped to bluff the policeman at the gate . |
| 4 | ‘ Goodbye ’ will also feature on the band 's second album , as yet untitled , expected to hit the shops at the end of October . |
| 5 | This could be in his favour , as the penalties for failing to hit the targets at the par-fives are known to all television viewers . |
| 6 | To some extent , SCI has a rival in the Futurebus+ architecture , also an IEEE standard , born in the 1970s but only now gaining recognition : both are set to hit the market at the same time . |
| 7 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 8 | Like she was high , not on booze or pills but some of that good mellow shit that used to go the rounds at the first dinner parties I ever went to , at Liza 's place , when the world was young and lovable . |
| 9 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 10 | She remembered trying to light the gas at the villa with a flaming wax Vesta , which twisted and burnt her thumb . |
| 11 | Anyway , Scano 's boy must have been going to see the gamekeeper at the villa . ’ |
| 12 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 13 | We are the two boys shown in the photograph and because of us being the only boys who took part we were saddened to see the caption at the side of the picture . |
| 14 | We are the two boys shown in the photograph and because of us being the only boys who took part we were saddened to see the caption at the side of the picture . |
| 15 | A comprehensive questionnaire may mean that you do not need to see the witness at the earliest stage of your investigations ( see Appendix 9A ) . |
| 16 | Last week Kathleen Turner and Joan Collins turned up on different nights to see the show at the Aldwych Theatre . |
| 17 | We have two pairs of tickets to see the show at the Empire . |
| 18 | This demo 's not for sale at the moment but there 's a chance to see the band at the Wheatsheaf , Farnham , on Wednesday night . |
| 19 | And with some new hi-tech gear , British viewers should be able to see the results at the same time as viewers in America . |
| 20 | At last he 's beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 21 | At last he 's beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 22 | To confirm the stability at the genetic level , both restriction endonuclease digestion and Southern blot analysesusing 32 P-labelled probes to the individual BTV genes were performed for all three recombinant viruses after four passages . |
| 23 | However , just as the former advertising salesman had proved in a back-alley off St James ' , that location , location and location was not always sacrosanct if you had an exciting and original concept like The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory , so he went on to confirm the theory at The Rib Shack , tucked away in a side street opposite Harrods . |
| 24 | Omar said the group of people , mostly men , rushed towards the stones and began to hurl the rocks at the woman . |
| 25 | If completion accounts are required , it is common practice to require the relevant accountants to agree the apportionment at the time they agree the completion statement as the price will not be finalised at the time of contract . |
| 26 | He was entirely suited to enjoy the hospitality at the Castle , to relish Sir John 's venison and cranberry sauce and compliment him on the beauty of his larches . |
| 27 | I 've always wanted to get as stoned as quickly as possible to enjoy the evening at the end of a working day . |
| 28 | I hope they 're going to support the wall at the , our end they 've done nothing , I suppose they 've just taken it down , but they must be doing something to underpin it or bolster it |
| 29 | They began to untie the canvas at the rear of the lorry . |
| 30 | The Princess was asked to plant the tree at the Vale Wildlife Rescue Centre near Evesham . |