Example sentences of "for [noun pl] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | Detectives seized eight kilos of coca leaves , the base for cocaine , which were to have been handed out for visitors to chew at the Bolivian Pavilion . |
2 | COMMUTERS stood on tracks disrupting London-bound trains yesterday in protest at British Rail 's ‘ scorched earth ’ policy for eliminating the perennial problem of leaves on the line More than 50 people at Carshalton , Surrey , swapped season tickets for placards to protest at the transformation of leafy tracksides into what one called a ‘ scene from Apocalypse Now ’ , the film about the Vietnam war which showed the effects of mass defoliation with napalm . |
3 | Thus we are appealing for things to sell at the car boot sales , or maybe you would prefer to make a small donation to our funds . |
4 | We are particularly grateful to members of the undergraduate years 1965 , who responded to the Librarian 's appeal for items to display at the Gaudy in June , and to Nina Bawden ( Mabey , 1943 ) who has supplied us with a complete set of her novels . |
5 | ISO has three detector systems for astronomers to position at the telescope 's focus to investigate different aspects of infrared sources . |
6 | But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail . |
7 | erm the west bank option for widen worsen road to be abandoned , that I quite agree with and design on , and then follow that , I 'd like erm do environmental report for members to be or for members to look at the environmental report before it comes here . |
8 | Finally he took me in to his office and said he was looking for Girls to work at the Winter Gardens , Blackpool . |
9 | There is so much opportunity for children to look at the nature of the physical world around them which is n't taken advantage of , and which could be , and I think that may have something to do with the attitude of teachers as much as the attitude of children . |
10 | There is so much opportunity for children to look at the nature of the physical world around them which is n't taken advantage of , and which could be , and I think that may have something to do with the attitude of teachers as much as the attitude of children . |
11 | Blake has calculated that for speeds of up to 2 ½ metres per second , it is more efficient for dolphins to swim at the surface . |