Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " 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 | in to look at the job did you ? |
| 5 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 6 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 7 | With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper . |
| 8 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
| 9 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Part 4 goes on to look at the training of parents in skills necessary for successful completion of these steps . |
| 18 | Alice smiled and nodded , and got up to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 19 | First , fold the napkin in half diagonally , then bring the left and right-hand corners up to meet at the apex ( pic 1 ) . |
| 20 | She ran up to listen at the bedroom door again . |
| 21 | The hotels and transport system are simply not up to scratch at the moment . |
| 22 | Now a Middlesbrough Council working party has been set up to look at the problem . |
| 23 | In addition to the Education and Training Working Party mentioned above , a working party ( Chairman : QC ) has been set up to look at the way ahead . |
| 24 | But such was the power of those two softly spoken words that Ronni found her head jerking up to look at the speaker , barely aware of her brother 's muttered response as he hoisted her cases up on to the jetty . |
| 25 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 26 | These issues were being raised in the deliberations of a SCOTVEC review group which included representatives of SED , SEB and SCCC and which had been set up to look at the acceptability of non-vocational modules in National Certificate . |
| 27 | Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm . |
| 28 | NORTHERN Ireland will be represented on a committee set up to look at the handling of complaints from National Health Service patients and their families . |
| 29 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
| 30 | According the Wellcome the study was set up to look at the effect of acyclovir against cytomegalovirus , a type of herpes virus , and was stopped after no difference was found in frequency of CMV disease between patients taking acyclovir and those taking a placebo . |