Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They probably stayed that night at Watchet , and there , tradition records , the first lines of ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ were committed to writing at the Bell Inn , within sight of the ships in Watchet 's decaying harbour . |
| 2 | He banged down the rucksack and the basket he had been carrying and looked without liking at the unencumbered Beuno . |
| 3 | This has to be approached by looking at the expert clause and other instructions given to the expert . |
| 4 | Tinbergen , for example , presented model bills of adult herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) to the chicks of that species ; the chicks responded by pecking at the red spot at the top of the bill , which strongly suggests that the red spot is a signal , meaning ‘ start pecking ’ ( Figure 6.1 ) . |
| 5 | PEG ( to Abberley ) : Are you frightened of dying at the moment ? |
| 6 | The agreed plan for a postgraduate institute was on the basis that it would be partly financed by National Health Service funds — a commitment made in writing at the time by the then Scottish health minister , Michael Forsyth . |
| 7 | There 's a technique in nuclear physics , called neutron activation , which allows you to measure quantities of trace very small quantities of particular elements in materials and it 's been applied to looking at the concentration of arsenic in Napoleon 's hair , and you find that there are particular periods in his life when he got dosed with arsenic_ one 's not quite sure how — and at those particular times he was erm very ill ; it correlates very well with the historical evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ No more than usual in a prison this size , ’ the Governor answered without looking at the other man . |
| 9 | This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma . |
| 10 | In many cases the question will be answered by looking at the terms of the contract between the parties although a description of the parties as " employer " and " employee " is not conclusive . |
| 11 | The hard work can be minimised by starting at the Cluanie end of the glen , which has the advantage of 800 feet in height . |
| 12 | Sargent 's suggested solution to this problem can be seen by looking at the simple n = 3 case , which led to the restrictions of equation ( 3.50 ) . |
| 13 | No longer can the worth of an investment proposal be evaluated by looking at the immediate terms of the deal : the longer lasting impact of the structure of alliances must also be taken into account . |
| 14 | We 've got seventh year , sorted erm I think we 've got ta look at the assessment . |
| 15 | Our modern parental investment individualistic view would n't allow you to make that error , instead you 'd say you know you 've got ta look at the costs and benefits of the mother too and perhaps there are benefits to mothers in actively testing as it were their offspring , erm rather than just passively er accepting that they 're gon na have to be mothers and gon na have to get on with it and again you see , er I would er and this may have been the big mistake I made last year , er but again I stand by my er view on this and it 's a perfectly defensible one , erm again I think those who say that abortion is unnatural and kind of erm offends against er you know nature , are wrong . |
| 16 | Irrespective of the things that are being said tonight , I think we 've got ta look at the reasons for all these bombings and shootings . |
| 17 | Irrespective of the things that are being said tonight , I think we 've got ta look at the reasons for all these bombings and shootings . |
| 18 | You 've got ta look at the same as . |
| 19 | That if it 's as well well before the meeting Monday because at the end of the day you know we , we got ta look at the matter going forward is n't it ? |
| 20 | It may also be evaluated more specifically in terms of : how effectively and efficiently it produced evidence about the state of Art teaching in the school ; how reliable and valid that evidence was ; how validly that evidence was interpreted in arriving at the conclusions embodied in the final report ; and the extent to which the review process was an effective means of motivating those involved to act upon its conclusions . |
| 21 | It has also helped in looking at the functions of the business in outline . |
| 22 | Bill Morrison was posted here during the war and amazed everyone by contacting the hotel in 1991 to return one of their beer glasses which he had had since waiting at the bar one night during the way only to have them run out of beer . |
| 23 | What this entailed for civil liberties may be gleaned by looking at the way in which Dicey dealt with traditional freedoms in the body of his work . |
| 24 | This is shown by comparing at the extremes Sweden , Norway and Austria in the top left-hand segment , with Canada and the United States in the bottom right-hand corner . |
| 25 | In trying to understand its other functions we shall be helped by looking at the Bank 's balance sheet as set out in Table 3.2 . |
| 26 | Once established , it will not be got rid of save at the cost of the organism on which it has bred ; like Iago 's ‘ invention ’ , it ‘ plucks out brains and all ’ . |
| 27 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |
| 28 | Stephen Reynolds , who was disqualified from driving at the time of the crash , is one of the first people to be convicted under the new charge . |
| 29 | The 13th edition ( 1990 ) contains subject headings employed in cataloguing at the Library of Congress since 1898 . |
| 30 | Compliance with the oral treatment was assessed by questioning at the control or at follow up . |