Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may feel at the time very sincere about their forgiveness but if that is all that happens the old feelings of misunderstanding and bitterness can swiftly recur . |
| 2 | Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast . |
| 3 | Before people talk of Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals , they ought to look at the map and understand what they are saying . |
| 4 | They must go at the break of day , you know ? |
| 5 | It would have been impossible to have brought an airliner into the gallery — they must remain at the Museum 's ‘ out-station ’ at Wroughton , Wilts , but the next best thing was achieved . |
| 6 | Then before each row of the circular rows , they must look at the side lever of the main carriage that is nearest the knitting . |
| 7 | And finally , they should explain at the very beginning of their conversation why they are phoning you . |
| 8 | ‘ To do so they should look at the yield of the shares and the strength of the company 's management , ’ he said . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if theorists adopt a particular conception , then they should look at the way that contemporary social representations have developed their particular qualities through argument and how , in turn , these representations set the agenda for further argumentation . |
| 10 | They should look at the Europe that will exist in five or 10 years ' time , at a Community with 18 or 20 members and perhaps even more , and at the interests that we have in common — security , defence , foreign policy , the environment , prosperity and peace in the world . |
| 11 | Exactly and once you get that appointment on the phone that you wanted , erm , they 'll look at the day , you 'll take it regardless . |
| 12 | Compare a seaside town , then they 'll look at the Roman . |
| 13 | Had she warned her that there was every possibility they might meet at the Family Day ? |
| 14 | OK , they might smile at the end of the game and say : ‘ Oh , well done ! ’ |
| 15 | That sounds like something that they might have at the end of term or something done by an adult working in a steelworks . |
| 16 | Floy had been surreptitiously trying to gather up stones which they could arrange at the roadside , perhaps in the form of an arrow for Fenella and Caspar . |
| 17 | They could laugh at the absurdities of life and people that made no sense to those who had n't lived in Ireland . |
| 18 | Massenga shot them before they could fire at the bulldozer . |
| 19 | They could look at the power station without the slightest premonition of disaster and the horror of the Whistler seemed as much beyond their interest as it was their comprehension . |
| 20 | They 'd meet at The Roebuck , the same pub that everyone from the shop used , on Saturday lunchtime , then go down the Kings Road spending their money . |
| 21 | ‘ Oo , ’ they 'd say at the merest smear of mud , ‘ you had a pig in here ? ’ |
| 22 | I should think they 'd jump at the chance of some pocket money . ’ |
| 23 | They 'd look at the waterworks and come back . |
| 24 | bottle and erm they used to queue at the table that for the |
| 25 | That was the main , but not the only cause of the subsequent riot , when the bonnie lieges , not a few ‘ in drink ’ as they used to say at the magistrate 's court , toppled the case over with the luckless , as well as legless leprechaun still inside . |
| 26 | ‘ The night is his hour , that 's what they used to say at the fairground . |
| 27 | They , you see to , they used to have a , they used to camp at the very top of the hill up there . |
| 28 | They er they used to come at the first , and I 'll tell you this and I , it 's my opinion , they got one of their own men er I 'd foxed them off , you know what I mean , to do their own odd jobs . |
| 29 | Greenpeace workers had begun packaging the 425 tonnes of waste , dumped in the Sibiu area of central Romania , for safe transport back to Germany and said they would remain at the site until the transport promised by German Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer arrived . |
| 30 | of music and what they would do at the weekend … |