Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 2 | Gosport was found to be ‘ virtually without defence , protected on the landward side only by an ill-maintained entrenchment … which would fall at the first assault ’ , while the Isle of Wight contained so few troops , so thinly scattered , that it was bound to succumb to a determined attack . |
| 3 | In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle . |
| 4 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 5 | LEADING Liberal-Democrat MP David Alton will quit at the next election in protest at the party 's decision yesterday to back pro-abortion policies . |
| 6 | The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute . |
| 7 | Any self respecting managing director in industry would recoil at the last Feethams balance sheet . |
| 8 | Working demonstrations of lifting , chopping and clamping will feature at the first UK National Fodder Beet Day , Steanbow Farm , Pilton , Shepton Mallet , Somerset , on Tue , Oct 29 . |
| 9 | However , before we consider the relationship of entropy change and enthalpy change to the feasibility of a reaction , we must first look at the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 10 | Let us look at the second half of the twentieth century . |
| 11 | Well now we 'll now look at the second part of the er sales video as a help first and again give you an example , a flavour of how to conduct the next set of role plays . |
| 12 | Let's look at the second section of th of Labour 's motion . |
| 13 | Let us look at the first problem first . |
| 14 | ‘ Either a Tory or a Labour minority government will look at the next election down the track and say , ‘ Hang on , we ai n't going to win ’ . ’ |
| 15 | Excellent so you 've already got percentages sorted out there , can we just look at the next block of words , and hello , hello , right , no , yeah well I , yes I I think it all went great , unfortunately erm , so I really ca n't really consider on , on that . |
| 16 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |
| 17 | But sometimes you can look at the Third World , animal slaughter , pollution and so on and just feel the depressing resignation that ‘ young ’ people are supposed to kick against the establishment . |
| 18 | The numbers in square brackets give one or more destination numbers , which refer to the line numbers of the sets of candidate letters which can follow at the next character position . |
| 19 | They had had to pass straight through some of the villages which were completely full and did not know where they would go next , but would stop at the first village in which they could park their coach . |
| 20 | The voters will decide at the next election . |
| 21 | Organisers of the German tournament have kept aside a wild card for the American , who is suffering from tendonitis of the right wrist , should he decide at the 11th hour that he is fit to play . |
| 22 | Their relationship was n't built on solid foundations , so it was hardly surprising , was it , that it should collapse at the first sign of trouble ? |
| 23 | Well the thing is if , if , if at that meeting you do n't say what is gon na happen at the second meeting |
| 24 | And the craziest things can happen at the last minute . |
| 25 | You tell him exactly what 's gon na happen at the next meeting and providing what you present meets his needs and is within his budget , will he be proceeding ? |
| 26 | The Law Lords should review at the first opportunity the natural injustice of injunctions which can silence all the media at a stroke . |
| 27 | She would leave at the first opportunity , and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart . |
| 28 | Always during this period the same paper was used , although a rumour that it would change at the next sitting was constantly promulgated by dealers who had once cheated , to discourage others from doing likewise . |
| 29 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 30 | On getting there I calculated when I would arrive at the next post , where I promised myself lunch . |