Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We are looking forward to a visit from prominent physiotherapist Vivian Grisogono , who , with her vast and expert knowledge of treating sports injuries , has much to impart about the way we enthusiastically drive our bodies on to perform at a pace that often proves harmful . |
2 | I mean I suppose there is in all social work in a sense , that if you go in to look at a family and , and you 're trying to assess you know whether the children should be taken into care , well you 're exercising a a sort of statutory erm er sort of responsibility , and as far as the clients are concerned , er if you , like that can sort of get in the way of er er a more human sort of relationship if you see what I mean , because |
3 | Remember in numerical questions to write in your scripts the steps that you go through to arrive at a solution . |
4 | One major difference in the auction business between America and Britain is the amount of travelling that one does : in one week one may do an ‘ appraisal day ’ ( the equivalent of the British Antiques Road Show ) in Pennsylvania and then go on to look at a dinner service in Baltimore . |
5 | On the way back home he stopped off to look at a house he was thinking of buying . |
6 | ‘ I think if I was to get up to dance at a party , Kate would say , ‘ Oh , do n't dance , Dad — you 're a parent , you 're not supposed to do that sort of thing . ’ |
7 | Each time that he got up to speak at a meeting , they would chant the lines in unison with him — even correcting his lapses of memory — until the predicted riot broke out . |
8 | 2 You are selling cars ; you have gone out to look at a customer 's part exchange . |
9 | I 'm going out to look at a pony , and do n't forget to double-lock Wayne 's door . ’ |
10 | They had one drink — Maxim had never seen anyone order a triple Scotch before — and went on to eat at a roadside café . |
11 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |