Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 3 | The Sainsbury 's application is the latest to go to appeal at a public inquiry . |
| 4 | My husband and I take turns to sit at the stall . |
| 5 | Through Clennam , Cavaletto goes to lodge at the Plornishes , enabling Mrs Plornish ( Sally , except in chap . |
| 6 | Against these dramatic changes , we intend to remain at the centre as an effective resource for the voluntary sector , and an important bridge between the sector and others . |
| 7 | Despite intensive pressure to resign in the aftermath of the serious rioting of late April and early May — itself a product of the acquittal of those officers accused of assaulting King — and police failings which the unrest revealed [ see pp. 38856 ; 38894 ] , King continued to prevaricate until June 8 when he finally agreed to go at the end of the month . |
| 8 | ‘ Most people tend to gather at the track and do the group session , without even stopping to think what the training effect is doing to their body , or how they are going to progress next week , or the week after . ’ |
| 9 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
| 10 | Hartley 's philosophy was in fact an early form of the twentieth-century scheme of mental association known as Behaviourism ( Pavlov 's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of an electric bell ) , and if writing today he would presumably have compared the brain to a computer . |
| 11 | His ill-looks are a punishment received when he failed to appear at a fairy festival , preferring to spend his time with a mortal maiden . |
| 12 | Having attended the first General Commissioners ' hearing on 10 April 1991 , the debtor and his accountant failed to appear at the adjourned hearing on 19 June 1991 . |
| 13 | They agreed to appear at a venue called Litchfields , basically a working men 's club on one of the town 's many estates . |
| 14 | I knew that it would at the very least be fun to fail again , however effortlessly , and we agreed to meet at a pub in Barnes on the following evening . |
| 15 | They had arranged to meet at a pub in Soho , not far from Helen 's flat . |
| 16 | Supposing , just supposing , that Mackay and Parsons had arranged to meet at the cottage . |
| 17 | They had arranged to meet at the Metropole Hotel . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows : |
| 19 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 20 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
| 21 | It is worth noting the language in the Federation rebuttal of the PSI report , for it illustrates how the culture is programmed to sneer at the ‘ graphic literary phrase ’ and dismiss the use of ‘ anecdotal material ’ as unscientific : while participant observation is considered to be a world away from ‘ research based on safe academic principles ’ ( my emphasis ) . |
| 22 | Personal bankruptcies may also slow down because of the recent interest rate cuts but are expected to continue at a high level for some time , he said . |
| 23 | Recruitment clearly has to continue at a high level so as to maintain C&P 's scientific excellence [ and relevance ! ] . |
| 24 | In Britain , water tables are expected to remain at a low level throughout the summer . |
| 25 | Commenting on its figures ( see page seven ) , Amsterdam-based networking and electrical engineering group Getronics NV says it sees no evidence of market growth , and assuming no major acquisitions occur , its business will grow hardly any faster than in 1992 , when net profit rose 14% ; its investment is expected to remain at the same level as in 1992 , and cash flow is expected to develop on a comparable basis . |
| 26 | Public sector workers tried to hit at the state with minimum disruption of services to consumers . |
| 27 | Boys 14 and 15 once tried to sit at the back of the coach but were rapidly sent to the front where , it was said , ‘ they always sat ’ . |
| 28 | I think one wants to go at a time when people still want you to stay , rather than stay until people want you to go . |
| 29 | Not unless you want to sit at the table do you ? |
| 30 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |