Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | After early bumping at the first bend , Clydal found himself in arrears and Pilot Error made the early running from Stormhill , who quickly took control down the far side and looked set to win . |
| 2 | Christian Vilaseca , 57 — who lives in Paris and heads imports of Jaguars into France — was stopped on the M6 in Lancashire by a police Range Rover after allegedly travelling at 105mph . |
| 3 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 4 | Consistent sailing means not taking too many unnecessary risks , such as not starting at the crowded end of the start line or sailing completely to one side of the beat where just one unfavourable wind shift can ruin you . |
| 5 | A WHITE daffodil with a long cup , which is still awaiting a name and which was raised by Mr Clive Postle , has won the prize for best bloom at this week 's Westminster Flower Show of the Royal Horticultural Society . |
| 6 | It was addressed to the retired rector of Alderly , admonishing him for past ingratitudes — for not returning a book , for not calling at the Grange when he knew the Springetts to be there . |
| 7 | or , or alternatively because I have n't , I have made this clear throughout , I come to the conclusion that the , the questions as posed erm or posed in any court which any one has yet suggested really ca n't , ca n't be answered or , or there are reasons for not answering at this stage whatever it may be |
| 8 | The prospect of eventually arriving at such a gruesomely underwhelming destination makes me determined to enjoy every moment on the train . |
| 9 | She is certainly very concerned with moral themes , but I do n't think that she 's moralistic in the sense of hectoringly preaching at erm at an audience to do such a and not to do other certain other kinds of things . |
| 10 | I had another serious battle getting approval for the M54 to Telford — the only road I know of finally settled at a full meeting of a Cabinet committee . |
| 11 | The easiest uses to come to grips with are exclamations such as ( 1 ) above , because they give a very clear impression of somehow looking at the infinitive event from a position before : they express a desire or longing to realize the infinitive event , so that ( 1 ) might be paraphrased " I would love to be in England … |
| 12 | It seems the collectors get a kick out of just looking at them . |
| 13 | Crawford , who was appearing on stage in Travelling Light , was being urged by fellow-star Harry H. Corbett to ask Gabrielle to dance , instead of just staring at her , but he was too tongue-tied . |
| 14 | This would be a great help , instead of just relying at present on judging conformation in the hope of reducing strain on tendons . |
| 15 | Instead of just spouting at me , I 'd just like you all to engage brain with . |
| 16 | ‘ When a painting seems bad to one , ’ he declared , ‘ one has an incontestable right , that of not looking at it and going to see others . |
| 17 | He said that " the essence of the duty seems more likely to be that of not using without paying rather than of not using at all " . |
| 18 | She 'd accused him of always looking at other women : looking , looking , as though for the next conquest . |
| 19 | and so I 'm a , I 'm a bit sort of like disturbed at the moment but erm yeah the gig on the twenty ninth yeah ? |
| 20 | Erm , most of the people I know , particularly the one 's I like , I look at them and I look at them being beautiful , just because I like them , erm , but I 'm aware of also looking at other people and thinking oh that 's gross you know |
| 21 | So get into the habit of really looking at the viewfinder picture as you line up the shot . |
| 22 | none of even bothered at all . |
| 23 | But , I mean that D P team do a lot of work on the Catty questionnaires which does n't really seem to be er sort of fully acknowledged at the moment . |
| 24 | one 's hurting the other and the other hurts back so instead of maybe looking at one another , they just do n't work hard ! |
| 25 | ‘ Do you realise that you have this exasperating habit of never looking at one , Edward ? ’ |
| 26 | at the expense of actually looking at , at mainline |
| 27 | ‘ There is a buzz going around that I 'm starting a band , ’ quoth Morrissey and no one could blame his Mancunian counterparts for deliberately yawning at the suggestion . |
| 28 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 29 | Having more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk compared with not smoking at all , and it takes about a year of non-smoking for that risk to return to normal . |
| 30 | In Cornwall the situation was reversed , with half having at least £20 and only five less than £10 ; similarly only two of the small Worcestershire sample had less than £10 . |