Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't be certain , but it looks as if Allied Signal Corp chief executive Lawrence Bossidy has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at IBM Corp : he says that although he is ‘ flattered to be mentioned as a candidate for chairman of another company , I intend to remain at Allied-Signal to complete the job I came here to do . ’ |
| 2 | The Scotsman reported on I September that " members of the Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union intend to remain at work in the event of a strike " . |
| 3 | Against these dramatic changes , we intend to remain at the centre as an effective resource for the voluntary sector , and an important bridge between the sector and others . |
| 4 | The British tend to sneer at American house-building methods . |
| 5 | Well , I say , he tend to go at eleven and three , so think about it . |
| 6 | ‘ Most people tend to gather at the track and do the group session , without even stopping to think what the training effect is doing to their body , or how they are going to progress next week , or the week after . ’ |
| 7 | We suggest you find out where your newly-acquired friends and acquaintances tend to gather at different times of the day . |
| 8 | After I have put the phone down I sit gazing at Kyle on the opposite side of the airwell . |
| 9 | They tend to work at entirely separate sections of the music , ignoring each other , but talking all the while . |
| 10 | 53 ( 1 ) ( c ) [ A ] disposition of an equitable interest or trust subsisting at the time of the disposition , must be in writing signed by the person disposing of the same , or by his agent thereunto lawfully authorised in writing or by will . |
| 11 | It means that the stressed syllables in an utterance tend to come at regular intervals with a varying number of less stressed syllables in between . |
| 12 | that tend to appear at Christmas , |
| 13 | However , if you intend to work at this ‘ subtle ’ level all the time , it may be helpful to learn one or two ‘ psychic protection ’ techniques ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 14 | Maintenance grants remain frozen at a maximum of £2,845 for students in London and £2,265 for those studying elsewhere . |
| 15 | Suddenly , there facing you , is the person you least want to see at that moment . |
| 16 | To see something really special today though requires a discerning nature and to an extent it depends upon which technique you want to see at its best . |
| 17 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
| 18 | Particularly when we 're trying to get juveniles into the club I mean they want to go at ten possibly you owe them not starting till |
| 19 | and they keep their reading books from the li their library going at the pace they want to go at |
| 20 | ‘ We are fearful that older people who want to remain at home may not have the choice because the cost may be more than local authorities can afford ’ , says divisional director Evelyn MeEwen . |
| 21 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 22 | You want to abort at that point , oh yeah retry 'll do . |
| 23 | Not unless you want to sit at the table do you ? |
| 24 | SIR — On July 28 , 1980 , Neil Kinnock told The Times : ‘ I want to retire at 50 , I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter , and sing in the choir . ’ |
| 25 | If you wait five years it gets slightly steeper so the force to you becomes that and so on and so forth , forty five fifty and you can see at fifty five if you want to retire at a certain age er what 's the age that you actually want to retire ? |
| 26 | I have suggested already that he is all The Dubliners combined — the lost child , the resigned girl , the lonely or frustrated man , the seeker of false comfort — now I want to come at his importance from a different angle . |
| 27 | Though the evidence for so precise a statement is not at all clear , he does also present two pieces of documentary evidence which appear to provide at least a probable terminus post and ante quem respectively for the appointment . |
| 28 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 29 | If he and Devlin leave Portugal together I want to know at once . ’ |
| 30 | These are weekend courses designed for couples who feel they have a stable relationship , and want to work at improving it , particularly through communication skills . |