Example sentences of "who [vb -s] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 2 | " A man who wants to talk at large about smoke may have to pick his words very carefully if he wants to exclude the suggestion that there is also a fire : but it can be done . " |
| 3 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 4 | Dustin Hoffman plays Bernie La Plant , a small-time hustler who happens to arrive at the scene of an air crash and against his better instincts rescues everyone and then disappears . |
| 5 | The child who refuses to sit at the table or in a high chair These children may be showing specific food-related problems or the difficulty may be part of a much wider behavioural and emotional problem . |
| 6 | Sega boss Nick Alexander , who hopes to sell at least 275,000 Game Gears this year in the UK , says : ‘ I think that hand-helds are really fashion items . |
| 7 | Encourage anyone who wishes to help at mealtimes . |
| 8 | Set in Austria just before the First World War the play revolves around Josephea , proprietress of the inn ; Leopold , the head waiter ; several well-to-do local businessmen and the Emperor of Austria who comes to stay at the Inn at the start of the shooting season . |
| 9 | He had come to question her in the manner of someone who comes to peer at a freak in a sideshow . |