Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cut through the heady memories and concentrated her mind on what Steve was saying while she watched a superb glossy white yacht coming in to berth at the jetty not fifty metres from the window of the restaurant . |
| 2 | John feels better , so he comes down to sit at the kitchen table and chat . |
| 3 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 4 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 5 | in to look at the job did you ? |
| 6 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 7 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 8 | With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper . |
| 9 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
| 10 | Then I hurried down to look at the ruins I had seen earlier , before the next onslaught of rough weather could begin . |
| 11 | It was an old thing with spikes and flaps which you could lift up and down to get at the mechanics . |
| 12 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 13 | They come from all over to drink at the Bulls Head in Craswall , on the Herefordshire Wales border . |
| 14 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 15 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 16 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
| 17 | I called out : ‘ I 'm going over to look at the birds , ’ and left them to it . |
| 18 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 19 | He bent from his great height to take her right hand into his own large one , turned it over to look at the scars and callouses hard manual labour had inflicted on its once pink and white delicacy . |
| 20 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 21 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 22 | The supplement goes on to look at the law covering the conservation of protected buildings and areas , reporting on incentives like the Town Scheme grant , which can provide 40 per cent grants for repair and restoration work from combined funding between local authorities and English Heritage . |
| 23 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 24 | It then goes on to look at the costs of protectionism so they 're , they 're looking at erm , the numerical estimates as to how much erm , protectionism costs , not only for domestic producers and consumers and tax payers , but also for third countries . |
| 25 | You have already defined what the worry is , so go on to look at the cause , list different possibilities for dealing with the cause and then decide on the action which seems most likely to be effective . |
| 26 | Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps . |
| 27 | Alice smiled and nodded , and got up to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 28 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |
| 29 | She ran up to listen at the bedroom door again . |
| 30 | The hotels and transport system are simply not up to scratch at the moment . |