Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] at " in BNC.

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1 Place in a cold frame or on a windowsill out of direct sunlight , where they will soon root at this time of year .
2 Hardship allowances are paid as compensation to those expatriates relocated to countries where they have to face greater discomforts or difficulties than they would normally experience at home : climate , unstable political environments , isolation , separation from children , poor sanitation , and so on .
3 A spokesman for a large nationalised service industry wrote of headhunters being able to provide them with ‘ the feel of external experience ’ and an appreciation of the stature in the market place of their existing staff and the organisation itself , together with a more extensive network of contacts than they could possibly have at their disposal .
4 The old reactions died hard , if they would ever perish at all .
5 Gloria had to show this special letter what she had about him before they 'd even look at us . ’
6 For just as the latter are then not receiving as much employment as they would normally like at the prevailing real wage rate , so the former are not providing as much as they would normally like .
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