Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 We 're walking back from the shops — me and Marie — and we stop for a bit to look at the lights in the electric shop .
2 There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree .
3 She skirted its edge and at last spotted a possible entry , finding a stick to whack at the jagged branches of an old dogrose .
4 Suppose that a contract to sell at a given price for a specified period is , for whatever reason , advantageous to both buyers and sellers .
5 A third alternative , proposed by Demsetz ( 1968 ) , is for the rights to supply to be auctioned off to bidders whose bids would be in the form of a contract to supply at a given price ( rather like bids for the construction of a motorway ) .
6 I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door .
7 He had only a second to stare at a page before setting off various alarm spells , but that was time enough for one spell to leap from it and settle in his memory like a toad in a stone .
8 In part this has been due to a failure to look at the right parts of the higher order visual cortex , using the right stimuli .
9 First , it makes it a criminal offence for anyone in the course of a business to display at a place where consumer deals are likely to be made ( e.g. at a shop or garage ) a notice of an exemption clause which is void by virtue of section 6 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act .
10 But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science .
11 She had n't much to tell him — merely that she had stopped on the bridge for a moment to look at the river , had been attracted by the gulls and then noticed what was exciting them .
12 They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor .
13 Maynard was 13–1 up after five ends and 18–4 in front after eight , but his opposite number pulled back with two four counts to leave Reading with a job to do at the finish .
14 The next definition , which we formulate from a desire to get at the fundamental building blocks as far as multiplication in Z is concerned , is intentionally unconventional , introducing , as it does , a familiar concept in an unfamiliar way .
15 However , there is a slim chance that they will not perform well enough , in which case there will be a surplus to pay at the end of term .
16 As a result of this work the Coordinating Committee for Under Fives ( CCUF ) , an umbrella organisation of statutory and voluntary sector groups and individuals providing a service to under fives , decided to organise a conference to look at the issues of integration of special needs children within mainstream provision .
17 After Dan had drunk the hot sweet coffee that kept her awake at nights , they moved off , sitting in the small car for a while to look at the map .
18 Another ploy I have heard suggested is to knit a garment and give it to , say , a friend to wear at the office .
19 I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves .
20 Has my right hon. Friend had a chance to look at the Order Paper recently ?
21 ‘ It would give a better idea of the effectiveness of co-operation if the public had a chance to look at the frequency with which bombs are transported into Northern Ireland in vehicles stolen in the Republic .
22 I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate .
23 He is sufficient of a realist to concede at the end of his argument that in fact they did not support him , but supported the argument on behalf of the Attorney-General .
24 SCHOOLBOY William Byrne , 11 , of Clare Avenue , Darlington , had a role to play at a North quarry yesterday .
25 She paid him eight shillings — or 40p — a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited .
26 She reached for a tissue to dab at the moisture welling in her eyes .
27 Graham Game , a full-time green activist , hopes to win a commission to look at the dangers of a spill along the coast of Essex , the county 's prime natural asset .
28 About three weeks after I started looking , I came upon an advertisement for a receptionist to work at a local authority office building , not too far from my new home .
29 It 's a relief to escape at the end of the week by playing football . ’
30 Pliant editors were rewarded with knighthoods , and the Sun 's owner , Rupert Murdoch , was granted a licence to strike at the BBC by establishing the first satellite station , Sky TV .
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