Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] at [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maria did n't need to look at his face or see the confident way he carried himself as he stepped out of the lift with her . |
| 2 | Now you 'll want to look at your watch a hundred times a day . |
| 3 | How many hours a week did you use to work at your job ? |
| 4 | Talbot could n't even begin to guess at his nationality except that he was n't Greek . |
| 5 | Well these ex-patriots , I 'd like to look at their situation a little bit more carefully . |
| 6 | I 'd like to look at her background . |
| 7 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 8 | Like good historians we should try to look at their world through their eyes . |
| 9 | You do n't even have to look at her face , you just have to look at her neck . |
| 10 | When this is translated into personal terms , it means among other things that at some point in his or her career a teacher will have to look at its pattern and will have to pay attention to changes which ought to be made in his or her work-role . |
| 11 | A garden designer who does n't wish to look at her garden is of no use to me . |
| 12 | Why do you have to shout at your dog ? |
| 13 | You may wish to get at your opponent in some way and think that this strategy will further your personal or general bargaining aims . |
| 14 | We should also try to eat at their pace , not ours , and not allow them to feel that they are holding us up . |
| 15 | It is true that the materials they hold do not embrace the full range of information that future historians would wish to have at their disposal , but the expertise and experience that they have established should not be under-estimated . |
| 16 | To avoid such problems a technologist may wish to have at his disposal a rough guide to aid the selection of solvents for a polymer or to assess the extent of polymer-liquid interaction other than those already described . |
| 17 | Mat was good too , because he did n't want to arrive at her place hot and flustered ; not today , not with her at the end of the walk , not with that subtle but unequivocal promise there , waiting , ready . |
| 18 | Why do you want to get at our diary |
| 19 | ‘ I look at your face , and I look at one eye and then the other and then your nose , but I ca n't seem to look at your face altogether , all at once , because the sight of your face is causing me pain . ’ |
| 20 | See this man here , he he thinks he 's comfortable with his wig , but he wears the jacket so we do n't even get to look at his hair . |
| 21 | The ground will yawn open before you , and the trees will bend to strike at your face . ’ |
| 22 | Nicky , a pupil at Bishopsgarth comprehensive school , Stockton , will also continue to instruct at his home club , Stockton Freestyle . |
| 23 | Christie could n't bear to look at his wife ; he only half-turned . |
| 24 | The Collector started up with a groan , glaring wildly at Miriam , who could hardly bear to look at his red , bloated face . |