Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 3 | Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows : |
| 4 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 5 | You 'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of a simple conveyancing matter in Appendix II . |
| 6 | One might also consider looking at the range of employment/unemployment experience and labour market participation and activity rates , although international comparisons of unemployment are notoriously difficult to make given the variation in definitions and data collection . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough Council 's assistant chief environmental health officer David Rigby explained : ‘ The audit will include looking at the waste produced by companies and what they do with it , the raw materials used , energy costs and the whole effect of the process . ’ |
| 8 | But mostly he did not need to talk at a bunfight , people came up and talked to him , and he would nod his head and smile benevolently and say happily , Yes , Yes , Yes . |
| 9 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 10 | We really do need to look at the Bill |
| 11 | ‘ If such plans develop , we will need to look at the company 's existing share structure and a 1-for-1 capitalisation issue would seem appropriate . ’ |
| 12 | It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media . |
| 13 | I mean you 'd need to look at the touring schedules and things |
| 14 | I do n't even need to look at the drawing for this |
| 15 | I think you 'd really have to you 'd probably need to look at the booklet and then speak to erm one of the Prudential people about you know the amount of time you were considering paying contributions and the probably just weigh up the benefits of of each scheme . |
| 16 | If you fit it , the sump will need cutting at the front and deepening at the rear to maintain capacity . |
| 17 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 18 | In the kitchen she found Rodney stirring the contents of two saucepans and Veronica , John and a young man she did not know sitting at the table drinking wine . |
| 19 | Police believe she will need to stay at the hospital for at least another week . |
| 20 | There had been concern that ETA might seek to strike at the Expo 92 Universal Exhibition in Seville , held from April 20 to Oct. 12 , or at the Olympic Games in Barcelona ( July 25-Aug. 9 ) . |
| 21 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 22 | They 're very upset and do n't want to talk at the moment . |
| 23 | No , I thought it might 've said at the back and Dinosaur |
| 24 | It was rather a small one and it did n't appear to matter at the time . ’ |
| 25 | They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them , and gain a sense of achievement and control by isolating parts and dealing with them thoroughly . |
| 26 | I did n't choose to work at the complex . |
| 27 | What kind of formal marks , if any , would we expect to find at the beginning of a new paragraph ? |
| 28 | Mark Benson won the toss for Kent and , as is customary these days , put Hampshire in But 11 o'clock on a July morning is very different from 10.30am in September and , while it was cloudy , there was nothing like the assistance the bowlers will expect to find at the start of the NatWest Trophy final later in the year . |
| 29 | If you started from the insect , and jumped like a demented flea half a trillion times , you could expect to arrive at the fox once . |
| 30 | Similarly , teachers who have specialised in the education of children with disabilities can feel daunted at the prospect of handling and coping with young children . |