Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |
| 32 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 33 | Rachaela made herself look back at the white face of her child . |
| 34 | He would n't look twice at a small-town girl , even if she could design wedding dresses . |
| 35 | I particularly try and develop an atmosphere of autonomy in the subsidiary companies where they feel they are part of a team and can look across at the other companies and can see admirable things going on . |
| 36 | Each makeshift arrangement concealed a human larva that would emerge again at the first signs of dawn . |
| 37 | The departments involved must now look closely at the stated objectives and work out how they will discharge their responsibilities , going round the loop until there is agreement that this can be done . |
| 38 | The conference will look closely at the common experience of Scotland and Ireland as peripheral regions and at the nature of their relationships — economic , social and cultural — with the metropolitan centre . |
| 39 | Sophie saw him look anxiously at an upper window as he acknowledged the introduction , then he said ‘ We have to speak very quietly as our little girl is asleep and she does n't know that Sandy is ill . ’ |
| 40 | But let us look again at the quirky , fortuitous way in which evolution favours particular phenotypes . |
| 41 | At this stage we should look briefly at the third and final possibility , and with it some cases we shall not be discussing in this book . |
| 42 | I have opted for a selection of Amazon Swords , Giant Vallis , Fountain plants , Twisted Vallis and Cryptocorynes , The Crypts will fare better at the dimmer end of the tank . |
| 43 | By the way , Piper , ’ he continued , ‘ why do n't you sleep over at the big house ? |
| 44 | Also , if the material is soft it may buckle easily at the inner side of the bend and vitiate the result . |
| 45 | Temperatures will level off at a cool eight or nine degrees celsius , that 's forty six to forty eight fahrenheit- although it is Novemver , still cool for the time of year . |
| 46 | He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him . |
| 47 | His eyes were wired open so that he must stare unblinkingly at a giant Sagramoso head , and his own body had been reduced to roughly the same contours . |
| 48 | ‘ Keeping the bend and making Benji move sideways at the same time is not easy , ’ she said . |
| 49 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 50 | I return to the question that we shall level continually at the Labour party : what is the basis for thinking that there is any answer to the country 's problems through increasing the burden of taxation ? |
| 51 | Unexpected , it was like a surprise confrontation , and for a moment she could only stare blindly at the familiar name . |
| 52 | There is very little market in them — existing holders can sell only at a heavy loss . |
| 53 | Right , well we , we have something which would actually solve that , erm , which would be of benefit to you , and would actually cut in at the six month period , and would continue paying your policy and your premiums , until your retirement age if necessary . |
| 54 | And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us . |
| 55 | The outcome could swing dramatically at the last stage . |
| 56 | Blackbirds , sparrows , robins , and other birds whose names Vic does n't know , skip and hop about at a discreet distance from the magpies . |
| 57 | I shall sell then at a hundred and eighty pounds , are you all done at one eighty ? |
| 58 | The tiger and the sambur may drink together at the same pool , for there is a sanctity observed by many animals at the jungle water hole . |
| 59 | This means that co-operation and competition will go along at the same time . |
| 60 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |