Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This review process needs to be carried out on a fairly regular basis , perhaps every six months , and it should include looking at the current state of the market to see if there are any new developments that can be applied . |
| 2 | Or just too tired to do anything but enjoy looking at the pretty lady . |
| 3 | While some may come to admire the Guercino or the girandoles , many people , including children , may enjoy looking at the old or not-so-old toys , or even a collection of fifty years of milk bottles from the local dairy . |
| 4 | He did not need to look at the single shelf of books to know they would have titles like A Pilot 's War Memoirs or Regiments of the Burma Campaign . |
| 5 | If you use windows it is worth putting applications that you might need to use at the same time on different drives . |
| 6 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 7 | Of Charles Hutton : ‘ For the accommodation of such gentlemen and ladies as do n't choose to appear at the public school , I propose ( at vacant hours ) to attend them in their own apartments . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't want to think about that , I do n't want to look at the actual scene , I 've got over it , have n't I ? … the way she died … and all that went before . |
| 9 | I I th would prefer to look at the vacant dwellings as a single entity rather than necessarily splitting them down between the the the various types . |
| 10 | Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil . |
| 11 | If you would like to look at the second sheet on your erm of the two that you 've got , erm this really brings to mind , one day in St Aldate 's , in the summer of 1643 , when a very hard working , methodical loyal official , Edward Heath , was ordered by the King and his Council to walk around St Aldate 's , and make a list of all the defaulters , all those who had failed to work on the fortifications . |
| 12 | Well I 'd like to look at the national implications of this . |
| 13 | At a running start you should plan to start at the downwind end . |
| 14 | For example , a centred heading above justified text would become blocked at the left-hand margin if Alt+P was applied to it as well as to the text below . |
| 15 | You should begin exercising at the correct pace . |
| 16 | Although that was extremely pleasant , and something I 'd like to repeat at the earliest possible opportunity , ’ he added , his eyes glinting brightly . |
| 17 | ‘ Would you like to eat at the same place ? ’ he asked , taking no risks . |
| 18 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 19 | Support Alan on Saturday and contact him with details those items you would like auctioned at the next opportunity in December . |
| 20 | This latest exhibition is not merely an update of the one many will remember visiting at the Royal Academy in 1979 , but a transformation . |
| 21 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 22 | It may have formed at the same time as Coed y Brenin . |
| 23 | At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner . |
| 24 | Many a display organiser and participant would have looked at the prevailing conditions , shrugged shoulders and turned away from the problem , presented a ‘ weather-out ’ show to the paying public . |
| 25 | He stepped away from her and she could have wept at the cold desolation that closed round her . |
| 26 | you do have to remember at the same time that these documents would be going home and |
| 27 | Just once , as the waves came up over her feet , she hesitated and gave a short gasp , as anyone might have done at the sudden cold . |
| 28 | I think we should have said at the first the very first lesson , they just ploughed straight into did n't they ? |
| 29 | I said , if you 'd have said what you should have said at the bloody tribunal . |
| 30 | It is one thing to recognise that the interests of producers and consumers are likely to be opposed : for the first will wish to sell at the highest , the second to buy at the lowest price . |