Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 32 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
| 33 | The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again . |
| 34 | I think it 's very difficult to assess at the moment whether or not it 's impossible , I would n't say it 's impossible . |
| 35 | This causes a reaction even after they have been entangled for the rabbits are inclined to bite at the net if they are left within it for too long . |
| 36 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
| 37 | The corrective operation could not be undertaken until the child was three months old , and the doctor recommended that the child should be allowed to stay at the hospital until she was due for surgery , her condition producing difficulties in feeding . |
| 38 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 39 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
| 40 | Dad drew him maps to the unconscious ; he suggested routes and speeds , clothing for the journey and how to sit at the wheel when approaching the dangerous interior . |
| 41 | Our daughter wanted me ( Dave ) to preach at the funeral because she said , ‘ I do n't want my brother 's death to have been a total loss . |
| 42 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 43 | No oranges will taste the same as those we ate on t hose Saturday mornings , saving the peel to throw at the screen when Roy Rogers brought out his guitar to serenade Dale Evans across a Texas campfire that was flickering in an enchanted cave in a Manchester street . |
| 44 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 45 | One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) . |