Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I would finish unpacking , have a look at the cooker and set things ready for supper , then I would take a walk out to look at the sea , and gather kindling in case the evening turned chilly enough for a fire . |
| 62 | They will vouch that I stayed here , doing-accounts , going out to look at the carving which were being made for the pageant for the king 's coronation . ’ |
| 63 | On a fine spring morning the three grandsons got up early and went out to look at the bee-hives which they kept in the forest . |
| 64 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 65 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
| 66 | ‘ Will you look at that ? ’ she exclaimed , turning back to point at the grounds . |
| 67 | In the small city of Sydney , Nova Scotia , a thousand did turn out to protest at the loss of the local train . |
| 68 | In January 1928 he was invited back to speak at the Cambridge Union , on the motion that the Church of England ought to be disestablished . |
| 69 | thank you and if you walked around to look at the flat , would you find a lake and whacking big golf course in the middle of it ? |
| 70 | He was turning about to look at the view and the slope of grass back up to the road . |
| 71 | My favourite tale , comes from Corner Pool , when Rob was fishing one cold March day : ‘ I was about to start at the top of the pool when I happened to spot a flicker of movement close to the north bank . |
| 72 | The train from the Back of Beyond is about to arrive at the Middle of Nowhere . |
| 73 | The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes . |
| 74 | As they walked up towards the main road , he was surprised to see her turn round to wave at the policemen as if they were old friends . |
| 75 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 76 | Zach threw back the lid in triumph and the twins and George gathered round to look at the contents . |
| 77 | Charles felt the blood trickling down his leg into his wet sock and , still keeping low behind a rock , rolled round to look at the wound . |
| 78 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |