Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 3 | I changed and bathed at the tavern where my master was staying in Great Mary Axe Street near Bishopsgate . |
| 4 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 5 | I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer . |
| 6 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 7 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 8 | I wave and clap at the crowd , blow kisses at them and bow , it is not theatricality but very genuine feeling . |
| 9 | I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’ |
| 10 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 11 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 12 | Can I interrupt and say at the moment that there 's a vast difference between a site which is set up indiscriminately on some layby somewhere with no direction or control and no facilities there , and the sort of the thing that we 're talking about . |
| 13 | It 's a thing I love and hate at the same time . |
| 14 | ‘ Can I come and sit at the table with you when the eggs and bacon are ready ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Will it be all right , ’ she ventured to say , ‘ if I come and look at the orchids tomorrow ? ’ |
| 16 | I left the car outside the farm and was about to walk between the walls when I paused and stared at a cow in the field on the other side of the road . |
| 17 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 18 | I still remember the feeling of hopelessness as I sat and looked at a board covered with arrows and lines , the words ‘ tacking ’ , ‘ rigging ’ , ‘ wind direction ’ and ‘ points of sailing ’ floating around in my head . |
| 19 | As I stood and gazed at the now empty slit trenches , I could n't help a sinking feeling in my stomach as I pictured in my mind those who had occupied the trenches in this orchard , those who had been killed or seriously wounded . |
| 20 | There were three or four cinemas round here — I stood and gazed at the pictures outside and thought , ‘ Space , cowboys and sex . |
| 21 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 22 | This is the language of the press release , breathlessly informing us that a speculator whose environmental record is not exactly unblemished and whose monstrous Land 's End ‘ facilities ’ are a blight against all aesthetic considerations , really does care what happens to the dear little flowers that have taken eternity to develop , and the cuddly cliff faces which shake and quiver at the climber 's intrusive touch . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In an extract from the introduction to the Birds of Australia , Gould describes the fate that befell these two men who lived and died at the mercy of the violent and contrary Australian climate : |
| 25 | Se the Whitbread Hop Farm 's colourful history unfold in this authentic insight into the lives and times of the people who lived and worked at the Beltring Farm — A nostalgic experience not to be missed ! ! |
| 26 | This was foreseen by the local residents who objected and petitioned at the time planning permission was under consideration . |
| 27 | When she had the hackles high on her shoulders , when she whined and scratched at the back door , then the house was watched . |
| 28 | Old Ranza , a very large and mostly white collie , sighed by her chair as she hummed and hawed at the cottage sketch . |
| 29 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 30 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |