Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hang on there 's got ta be something wrong there , that means I 'm only gon na need a box at the most , does n't it , hang on , let's write it out |
| 2 | The tour will include a look at the air force 's newest operational bomber , the B-1B , but not the radar-evading B-2 , also known as the Stealth bomber . |
| 3 | ‘ You would win a battle at the Forth crossing . |
| 4 | I did n't get thrown very often , but that is no good if you still do n't win a medal at the end of the day . |
| 5 | As a matter of fact er as the years went by we got this benevolent fund and we used to give all the old w as a mat we got a pension fund I know it do n't sound much now , but at that time like during and just after the War we paid twelve and sixpence a week pension to all everybody who 'd retired from the union after they 'd done time , and we also gave them extra grants and took them on er you know outings until a time I said , Well we 're spending all this money on outings , we could buy a bungalow at the seaside and let them all go you know pensioners go in their turn free . |
| 6 | The Shrewsbury Biscuit is n't quite as famous as the Bakewell Tart , but is on sale in most of the bakers ; you can buy a recipe at the Tourist Office . |
| 7 | Some trainers offer residential courses , however , where you can enjoy a holiday at the same time as training your dog under expert guidance . |
| 8 | I think Japan was taken by surprise — they did n't expect a tour at the time — but he just decided to do it . |
| 9 | Well we could try and do that my I 've got a workload that would choke a camel at the moment because I 'm also the admin officer at the moment for the Public Relations flight of the R A F E R. |
| 10 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 11 | ‘ I can listen and pour a drink at the same time . ’ |
| 12 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 13 | Nothing captures this profound relationship like Leonard 's poem , ‘ Last Dance At The Four Penny ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth , pp 73 ) , which perfectly catches the way they could cock a snook at the establishment , scholarly and religious : |
| 14 | Darling , sweet Constanza , let's do it , let's do it now , we are going to have a jolly life you and I , let's cock a snook at the world and the mess it 's in . ’ |
| 15 | For the Christian , it is natural that God should become a person at the Incarnation rather than a dog or a stone , not necessarily because persons are somehow more technically advanced on a scale of being , but because they display the qualities that are most to be valued . |
| 16 | which is why you do n't see a voltage at the same leg really |
| 17 | The runner , who has always protested that he is innocent , insists that the only reason he did not provide a sample at the 1991 GRE Cup meeting was that he did not have time before he had to go to work . |
| 18 | He gives us no sign that he believes God will provide a substitute at the last moment , no sign of a conviction that all will be well in the end . |
| 19 | The winners will spend a month at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan , Ireland . |
| 20 | Forty-five per cent of this group said that they could not even make a guess at the likely interest rate . |
| 21 | Some small groups within lineages might build a shrine at the burial place of a revered grandfather , call him sidi ( lord ) , and visit the shrine in a group from time to time . |
| 22 | Arthur Ramsey told his daughter that he chose this colour ‘ because anyone could throw a coffee-cup at the wall without it showing ’ . |
| 23 | But although they work well in the older types of glider , they are not practical with the modern machines which have a very docile stall and which will not drop a wing at the stall without gross over-ruddering . |
| 24 | Last year there were some , so the Liberal Democrats took the view that we could only properly set a budget at the capping level and that is a level at which we set our budget and it was a level at which we set our budget back in December and right through to this date . |
| 25 | Did I miss a sign at the airport saying ‘ Welcome to Floridia , home of large meat-eating amphibians up to twelve feet long ’ ? ’ |
| 26 | You ca n't smoke and draw a furrow at the same time . ’ |
| 27 | For example , if I know how to wash a dish at the kitchen sink , how do I wash a dish at the table ? |
| 28 | Prior to the meeting there had been much speculation that Shamir would face a challenge at the meeting ; in the event even Sharon urged the party to unite behind Shamir . |
| 29 | Band date : Stanhope Silver Band will perform a concert at the town hall at 7.30pm on February 25 . |
| 30 | The Stanhope Silver Band will perform a concert at the town hall at 7.30pm on February 25 . |