Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | That is why it is possible for a Christian in particular to feel at one and the same time joyful because the person who has died has entered eternal life , and overwhelmingly sad , or guilty , or relieved at the thought that they have died and the survivor is left with vast changes to absorb into their life pattern . |
| 32 | Talk to your employer about this , or look at the leaflet ‘ Employment rights ’ mentioned above . |
| 33 | Another says : ‘ I pray best when I sit before the Blessed Sacrament , or look at the Crucifix without saying anything — just being with the Lord . ’ |
| 34 | To find out about Alexander Technique classes or workshops , ask your local-education authority for details , search your local ‘ what 's on ’ in the newspaper or look at the noticeboard in your library . |
| 35 | You can also use your Card to call up the balance , print-out or order a statement , or look at the last few transactions on your account at one or more of the new AutoBanking machines we are installing up and down the country to help you . |
| 36 | I would n't speak to him all the evening , or look at the things he 'd bought , even though I could see one of them was a picture-frame . |
| 37 | They could compare the weight of the irons and investigate what they were made of , or look at the energy source they needed and the implications of this — the electric iron is not much use without an electricity supply ! |
| 38 | Now if you 're a majority party you can instruct officers to come up with a specially paid reduction pol you pay for the policy , so you can then structure the system or look at the service and come up with a reduction , come up with an expansion |
| 39 | Compare the the text at the beginning with hers , the the the Middle English text with hers , and tell me , is there anything which she has caught well , or anything which she has missed out , or look at the first sentence , is she right there ? |
| 40 | Well , they had hardly brought her up a tea-tray ( with the most delicious things to eat ) when she was told that there was someone downstairs to see her : it turned out that most of the young men , her one-time tutors , were dons now or curators or secretaries to cabinet ministers and apparently asking for nothing better than to take her about , and there were Anna 's English friends , all those people who had dined or wintered at the palazzo . |
| 41 | All the way across not one stone moved or even trembled as she jumped on to it or swayed on top of it or clutched at the sides of it ! |
| 42 | Or to jeer at the discredited Baltic Communists who rode in behind the thugs , proclaimed themselves in charge in Lithuania and Latvia and then scuttled for cover . |
| 43 | Here we encounter a mystery that is common to all aspects of any discussion of energy or matter at the quantum level . |
| 44 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 45 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 46 | Only the marked files will then be printed or copied at the prompt . |
| 47 | The use of a picture taken inside the Ministry of Sound club in our article on the drugs Ecstasy and Ketamine ( April 3 ) was intended merely to show young people in a club and was not intended to suggest that drugs are permitted or used at the Ministry of Sound . |
| 48 | You could even press the flowers that were worn or used at the event and then use them as the decoration . |
| 49 | Soon all those who dare to smile or weep at the wrong moment will be sent to the poles … a cruel ruler will seize power , everyone who does not learn to keep silent will be put in prison and the extermination of mankind will begin . ’ |
| 50 | Smile or squirm at the acronym SLUG — there is more to the name than meets the eye . |
| 51 | On the first day of his reappearance he contented himself with walking about , avoiding people 's eyes , or shovelling at the still melting ramparts like a man with a crime to expiate . |
| 52 | Everyone knew the tales of rabid dogs : how they suddenly went wild and uncontrollable , spinning round in circles , and rampaging through a village scattering chickens , or baying at the moon and running with the jackals . |
| 53 | Ca can we just look at a I do n't know which way to be specific or to look at the general first , can I just |
| 54 | If you feel that you might benefit from using the Counselling Service you can make arrangements to see a counsellor by telephoning , writing to , or calling at the campus office . |
| 55 | During the days , while the man slept , Boy would sleep a little himself , in a chair , in preparation for his nights at The Bar ; but mostly he would stare out of the window at the city , or stare at the television . |
| 56 | However , each limb can now attack , clawing or kicking at the adventurers . |
| 57 | For this reason , our one-year programme is designed to allow students to take the occupational SVQ at level II in either administration or finance at the same time as the general SVQ at level II in business administration . |
| 58 | She thought of it first when she spent her two nights on the Embankment , which was littered as soon as dark fell with sad , wild men and women stuffing bread into their mouths out of brown paper bags or staring at the barges on the river . |
| 59 | The second principle used in tone-unit boundary identification is a rhythmical one : it is claimed that within the tone-unit , speech has a regular rhythm , but that rhythm is broken or interrupted at the tone-unit boundary . |
| 60 | Depending on the target species , the net is set at the bottom and anchored , or set at the surface and left to drift with the wind and current . |