Example sentences of "[to-vb] them at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 2 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 3 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 4 | The girl cried out in alarm at the sound of Rohmer 's shout , swinging back to see them at last . |
| 5 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
| 6 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 7 | The interpretation of what remains as historical evidence is after all fundamental to the historians craft , but the deliberate preservation of historical source materials in the absence of context ( or worse still the failure to preserve them at all ) surely does little justice to the society in which we live . |
| 8 | You had to wear them at certain times . |
| 9 | I thought you used to wear them at one time |
| 10 | The note which had been sent into him at the factory had said that he was to meet them at eight o'clock on Boxing Night . |
| 11 | But I still maintain to encourage them at twelve years of age to be ab oh I think it 's all wrong . |
| 12 | You were going to sell them at one and tuppence each . |
| 13 | Since a rise in interest rates can cause quite a severe fall in the price of bonds , banks could make a considerable capital loss if they were forced to sell them at such times . |
| 14 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 15 | Now , five years later , the battles are won ( significant skirmishes remain , but it would be unwise and ungenerous to detail them at this point ) . |
| 16 | Once or twice she re-issued her invitation to the Carrows to visit them at Four Winds , but it seemed that there were always perfectly valid reasons why they could not accept . |
| 17 | She was Smallfry 's mam , but she never , ever came to visit them at Old Ashfield . |
| 18 | It concentrated instead on living examples of people who were judged highly creative , thereby making it possible to evaluate them at first-hand on objective personality tests or similar assessment procedures . |
| 19 | Traders were allowed to store unsold items and the Trade Ministry offered to buy them at reasonable prices . |
| 20 | This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time . |
| 21 | Start by using each yarn for two rows of weaving — it can seem quite difficult to organise them at first , but you will soon start to be able to do this more quickly . |
| 22 | Callinicos , defence of Marxism is erudite and compelling , and the fact that he runs out of steam over post-war art is of less moment than the fact that he takes the range of issues seriously enough to discuss them at all . |
| 23 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 24 | No , this was their home ; they did n't want strangers to disturb them at 29 Champney Road . |
| 25 | In general , to this visiting UK pilot , New Zealand landing and parking charges seemed to be negligible , on those occasions when they bothered to levy them at all . |
| 26 | Six of 116 general practitioners in Surrey admitted not cleaning their thermometers while others did not bother to use them at all . |
| 27 | Some people prefer not to use them at all and remove them . |
| 28 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
| 29 | During the final edit the TV company 's commissioning editor for arts , Waldemar Januszczak decided not to use them at all . |
| 30 | It can also be used to establish the propensity of different ACORN categories to buy different products or services , or to use them at particular rates ; and to analyse their exposure and reaction to different forms of promotional and advertising media . |