Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb infin] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't eat or drink at the moment . |
| 2 | The task does not require detailed syntactic processing , simply to know where to pause ( the major syntactic boundaries ) , which words to stress ( distinguishing content and function words ) and whether the sentence requires the pitch to fall or rise at the end ( is it a yes-no question ? ) . |
| 3 | I will not act or suffer at the sword 's edge — Not that — I will not bleed — my dear , do you remember ? " |
| 4 | Rights to either buy or sell at a specified price within a specified period ( 3 months ) . |
| 5 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 6 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 7 | I invite her to come and sit at a table with Kurowski and me , but she prefers to remain on duty at the bar . |
| 8 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 9 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 10 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 14 | Some evening she and Andrew would separate on the halfway landing and go up by different flights to meet and kiss at the top . |
| 15 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 16 | However , when the risk-free asset is introduced to this situation investors will all either borrow or lend at the risk-free rate . |
| 17 | Just as " every clerk 's " unanimity of opinion directs the laughter of " " every wight " " at the end of the Miller 's Tale ( 3847 – 9 ) , the text of the Reeve 's Tale brings its readers to view and laugh at the miller and his family through the clerks ' perceptions , their attitudes and their frame of reference : We may particularly note , for instance , how the incongruous " " par compaignye " " that Nicholas and Alison put in the mouth of the unfortunate John recurs in this urbane rendering of the family 's vulgar cacophany , and how the somewhat different " " melodye " " recalls the " " revel " " and the " " melodye " " that Alison and Nicholas enjoy . |
| 18 | Size will evaporate in the course of the years , and new writing will blur and spread at the edges . |
| 19 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 20 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 21 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |
| 22 | Coun Taylor said : ‘ We are always ready to talk and look at the statistical evidence for increased safety measures . |
| 23 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 24 | They ca n't stay and look at the , that child all the time can they ? |
| 25 | You all learned to swim and dive at the Kokine Swimming Club , and you and Mig became Girl Guides at the school . |
| 26 | Whatever the justification there may have been in the past , when a high degree of ability may have been necessary to acquire and work at the trade , that reason has forever passed away if it ever was more than a trade gild superstition . |
| 27 | Shortly after the end of the strike , Dobre left the valley to go and study at the Communist Party 's university in Bucharest , the Academy Stefan Gheorghe . |
| 28 | For most of those who link computing and boredom , the explanation is that they have to spend many working hours a day behind luminous screens endlessly tapping a plastic typewriter keyboard , after which they are usually fit only to go and goggle at the luminous screen in their living rooms every night . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They decide to go and look at a new house they passed earlier in the day . |