Example sentences of "they [adv] [vb past] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 2 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 3 | They always seemed to go at three o'clock in the morning . |
| 4 | They lasted all too shortly — maybe a fortnight or so — before they needed to be recharged , and they always seemed to fade at a crucial time , in the middle of your favourite programme . |
| 5 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |