Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I know , you only got to look at the VAT ai n't you for starters |
| 2 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 3 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 4 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 5 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 6 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 7 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I think you just got thrown at the beginning and I think he you off and |
| 10 | When I finally stopped growing at the age of 17 I felt relief . |
| 11 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 12 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 13 | I just wanted to look at the Earth . |
| 14 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Yet little had changed : Richards was still executioner-in-chief and England still seemed mesmerized at the prospect of playing the world champions . |
| 17 | Consolidation would be little help if one still had to look at the old repealed Acts in order to interpret the new one . |
| 18 | He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory . |
| 19 | A Brobdingnagian vandal , I demolished ants ' nests to watch the dramatic ‘ Saving of the Eggs ’ ; I also gazed hypnotised at the huge , tropical-coloured spiders that lived in the ivy . |
| 20 | Ordinary Koreans wishing to see their country independent , unified and tackling its social and economic problems radically felt betrayed at the deep conservatism that distinguished the occupation . |
| 21 | Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant , though , he would never allow his personal feelings to interfere with an assignment . |
| 22 | Having cleared the field of Vulgrin 's troops Richard now intended to strike at the Taillefer castles , presumably accepting the fact that this would drive Vulgrin 's father , Count William , to take his son 's part . |
| 23 | This unsettled all aircrew before they even started training at the Operational Training Unit . |
| 24 | The committee then adjourned to meet at the Blenheim coffee house , New Bond Street , on 1 2 January 1 79 1 . |
| 25 | Beryl chatted with one or two of the bystanders then lingered to look at the cards on the wreaths and this annoyed Francis . |
| 26 | The glass moved more smoothly , more quickly , then came to rest at the figure zero . |
| 27 | McIllvanney said angrily , then turned to look at the yard where a silver-grey stretch limo , its windows tinted black against the sun , rolled ponderously to park beside the stairs to his office . |
| 28 | She stretched with remembered delight , then turned to look at the man lying so quietly next to her . |
| 29 | He then started frothing at the mouth and had a fit . |
| 30 | We called at Penndon museum which was closed , but looks good , and then went to look at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway which has plenty of rolling stock . |