Example sentences of "and [vb infin] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll go and stay at a hotel in some quite other place , somewhere I 've never been before . |
| 2 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 3 | I mean , for a child to have to sit and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day — it 's totally out of order , you know . |
| 4 | You have to be very patient , you wan na try and look at a situation where they might wan na do it for five , ten , 15 , 20 years . |
| 5 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 6 | Any member of a company entitled to attend and vote at a meeting is entitled to appoint another person ( whether a member or not ) as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him . |
| 7 | Some mares will actually stand and paw at a paddock fence because they want to get to a stallion that is a couple of paddocks away — consequently they are likely to cut a leg or rip off a shoe if the bottom wire of the fence is too close to the ground . |
| 8 | In the legend Tristan is condemned to death by his uncle Mark for having fallen in love with Iseult , but on his way to his death is allowed to pause and pray at a wayside chapel . |
| 9 | I invite her to come and sit at a table with Kurowski and me , but she prefers to remain on duty at the bar . |