Example sentences of "and [vb base] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a relief to me to take up this pen and sit at a table and endeavour to sort out what I feel pressing in upon me and to know that if sense can be made of it you will make it . |
| 2 | If not , she will pretend to look straight through him and pick at a plant leaf hoping he will go away . |
| 3 | There are also plans for an Evening Bus Run with High Tea and Dance at a west coast venue on a date to be arranged in June . |
| 4 | The vineyards of Bisseuil are set some distance back from the village and grow at a height of about 160 metres on the south-east-facing slopes of Mont Aigu , which forms the eastern side of the Val d'Or in which Avenay is located . |
| 5 | The dead room ( mortuary ) was provided with a table and shell at a cost of £1.4s.0d . |
| 6 | Our results indicate that after ingestion of a solid-liquid meal ( breakfast ) miglitol and acarbose at a dose of 100 mg induce carbohydrate malabsorption and therefore shorten the MCTT . |
| 7 | . If there are bits that you do n't understand and you 're having trouble , give me a phone , I think I put my phone number on the board , give me a ring at home , give me a ring at Aston or come and see me or go and chat to your friends or go go and look at a text book but if that does n't help , then come back , right ? |
| 8 | We test a new coated jacket and look at a brand new development in the field |
| 9 | If you got into trouble you were made to sit on a chair and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day . |
| 10 | Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it . |
| 11 | In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . " |
| 12 | In number ten we read that " The Royal Commission recommended the establishment of telephonic connection between the Rhynns of Islay lighthouse and Bruichladdich at a cost of £330 . " |
| 13 | The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it . |
| 14 | That 's what we 're aiming for here — trying to make individually-designed guitars with real integrity that you can take right down off the shelf and use at a gig . ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes she 'd turn on her heel , snarling , and lunge at a dog that had gradually edged over and positioned itself expectantly behind her . |
| 16 | ‘ I sometimes go and stay at a house where a girl was killed . |
| 17 | The exorcising of guilt and envy at a distance — as between people and peoples , who have no knowledge of one another — is a recognisable method of evading the problem posed by neighbour envy : hence the often observed fact that international and long-range do-gooders are commonly highly uncharitable at close quarters . |
| 18 | For example , if you realise that you want your presentation to be on a different medium then you can do so — and see at a glance the effect of changing the underlying presentation style . |
| 19 | The beauty of it being a funeral was that no one ever complained about the quality of the food and drink at a funeral . |