Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity may , therefore , exist for settlement at this stage and there is no doubt that it is preferable so to proceed than to achieve settlement at the door of the Court . |
| 2 | Someone was blundering about , did n't know the boat , probably did n't know about boats at all , could n't find the hatch . |
| 3 | I think we 've put a tremendous er amount of effort into trying to be a good neighbour ; we rely on the local community very heavily for it 's support if we 're going to exist and flourish in Oxford at all . |
| 4 | The invisible woman These books do not focus on women at all . |
| 5 | The biggest problem ICL faces is credibility , Enberg admits : when people think groupware they still think Notes , when they think of ICL they think of mainframes , and often in the US they do n't think of ICL at all . |
| 6 | He did not think of Stef at all . |
| 7 | ‘ Suddenly , ’ Mr Parker recalled , ‘ he calmly turned to me and said he would not negotiate for Taylor at all , would pretend he knew nothing about him , and would go all out for the other goalkeeper . ’ |
| 8 | When it comes to drawing , however , most of us , parents and teachers alike , have little idea of the normal standard we would expect from children at any given age . |
| 9 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Walter Sanders expressed indignation at Labour 's scheme to provide nursery schools , not merely because of the cost but because he thought mothers should look after children at that age . |
| 11 | How much did you see of Schalk at that time ? |
| 12 | She do n't look like Marie at all . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't really look like Manson at all , ’ he admits , ‘ but I just felt that I could do it best ! |
| 14 | Therefore , I can assure my hon. Friend , who represents a rural constituency , that we have very much in mind the needs of rural post offices and we shall look with interest at any requests that they make to us for extending their liability to sell other services . |
| 15 | The world has invented many industrial processes which often create pollutants of a kind that do not occur in nature at all . |
| 16 | I do n't believe in sexuality at all . |
| 17 | She did not look at Giles at all as she spoke and the sentences piled one upon another , without restraint , like a flow of thought ; there was even a low level of enjoyment in the sense of release . |
| 18 | He may also face the prospect of long-term hardship , if he can not return to work at all . |
| 19 | If you have a break in employment for two complete consecutive tax years , for whatever reason , you must pay full-rate contributions when you return to work : so , if you leave employment in March 1988 , you can return to work at any time up to 5th April 1990 and still pay the reduced rate ; but if you wait longer than that , you will have to pay the full rate . |
| 20 | Oh yeah , you 'd , some people would go for some very awkward colours , er green , which is a terrible colour , blue which is another awkward colour , I mean I even get people today asking for blue lamps for their bedrooms , erm I 'm sure they ca n't read in bed at that rate er , erm , it 's an awful colour to use erm and er I suppose |
| 21 | The Big Bang does n't happen in space at all . |
| 22 | But the most striking thing about Bagehot 's essay on Peel , in the light of the last full week of this election campaign , is that it simply does not apply to Major at all . |
| 23 | Hence we form a naïve idea of it that does not correspond to reality at all ( 111 ) , based perhaps — I am now going beyond what Wittgenstein says — on some superficial resemblance between the grammar of ‘ I thought … ’ and ‘ I felt … ’ ( cf. 7 ) . |
| 24 | Oh it could be stormy right enough but well the steamer might call at Rousay at that time and they would land the goods in Rousay the perishables for Wyre and when the weather abated we would get it from there . |
| 25 | At a deep level , of course , Kinnockabout does not communicate by words at all . |
| 26 | I think most policeman ca n't relate to sociology at all , because , you see , the way we 're taught everything is black and white : those who do bad should be punished , those who do good should be rewarded . |
| 27 | I mean a lot of people who live on the do n't go into town at all . |
| 28 | A corollary of the theory is that if only we were all experts at telepathy we could manage without language at all . |
| 29 | Erm d so what el Did you go to church at all , or anything like that ? |
| 30 | Do n't you go to sleep at all ? |