Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 2 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 3 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 4 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 6 | Some evening she and Andrew would separate on the halfway landing and go up by different flights to meet and kiss at the top . |
| 7 | Just as " every clerk 's " unanimity of opinion directs the laughter of " " every wight " " at the end of the Miller 's Tale ( 3847 – 9 ) , the text of the Reeve 's Tale brings its readers to view and laugh at the miller and his family through the clerks ' perceptions , their attitudes and their frame of reference : We may particularly note , for instance , how the incongruous " " par compaignye " " that Nicholas and Alison put in the mouth of the unfortunate John recurs in this urbane rendering of the family 's vulgar cacophany , and how the somewhat different " " melodye " " recalls the " " revel " " and the " " melodye " " that Alison and Nicholas enjoy . |
| 8 | Size will evaporate in the course of the years , and new writing will blur and spread at the edges . |
| 9 | You all learned to swim and dive at the Kokine Swimming Club , and you and Mig became Girl Guides at the school . |
| 10 | Whatever the justification there may have been in the past , when a high degree of ability may have been necessary to acquire and work at the trade , that reason has forever passed away if it ever was more than a trade gild superstition . |
| 11 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 12 | ‘ I should like to go and look at the sea . ’ |
| 13 | Sara had told her to go to bed , or rather to go and look at the TV programme she wanted to watch . |
| 14 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 15 | Gerry had seen his face and they got to go and look at the mug shots and all that and er longlegs had been informed across the road because they 'd got er a camera that works and er they got in touch with the , they told the police about it and so they 're going over there to see if it 's been recorded you see . |
| 16 | Not only are more and more people willing and able to go and look at the countryside , but the trend is towards more active recreational pursuits , involving the more extensive use of space and paralleled by an extension of the time spent there . |
| 17 | Yes , I 'll shall have to go and see at the traffic and find out what 's gone wrong . |
| 18 | I 'd tell him to go and ask at the gas sh offices for any erm shop-soiled |
| 19 | It is all too easy to spend a back-breaking couple of hours weeding the garden and never take ten minutes to sit and look at the flowers . |
| 20 | A quick end , rather than torture and rape at the hands of those barbarians in the hall . |
| 21 | Do you mind and sit at the table |
| 22 | As a result of their ascetic lifestyle and their verbal assaults on their less godly neighbours , they were frequently subjected to ridicule and abuse at the hands of their contemporaries . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't mind more work , ’ Anna said , ‘ but I have to confess that my heart does rather quail and fail at the thought of three times as much French jacquard-weaving machinery specifications to translate as I have already . ’ |
| 24 | He felt unable to tap and tug at the framework . |
| 25 | It 's a great barn of a pub with a high ceiling , a balcony area and lots of glass in the south wall so you can drink and look at the Thames without having to smell it . |
| 26 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 27 | Oh shall we go and sit at the cafe ? |
| 28 | Perhaps we three could go and eat at the Cross Keys in Chelsea . ’ |
| 29 | Can I just go and shout at the office please ? |
| 30 | I know , Thérèse shouted : let's go and look at the kittens . |