Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 2 | Nicholson wanted to loiter with the man who — in his eyes — could pluck with ease a flower he could only look on at a distance . |
| 3 | Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position . |
| 4 | They need only look out at a sheep . |
| 5 | Some day soon we 'll stop by at a monastery and have a scribbler read them out to you . |
| 6 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 7 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 8 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 9 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 10 | All the novel is intended to be is a bit of fun — something that you might pick up at an airport and that takes you through the journey in a pleasant fashion . |
| 11 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 12 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 13 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 14 | Erm it is no wonder that she would lash out at a child . |
| 15 | Mind you , not many Mormons would turn up at a Barbican flat at 7.30 clutching two bottles of wine . |