Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] at an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 2 | So let us look at an English case which exemplifies some of the practical problems confronting the theorists of sustainable development : Twyford Down ( near Winchester ) and the route of the M3 motorway in March 1990 . |
| 3 | Let us look at an example of acute illness that would naturally resolve in time . |
| 4 | Let us look at an example of a German translation of an English text , the first page of Morgan Matroc 's company brochure : Technical Ceramics ( see Appendix 2 for the German text ) . |
| 5 | Standing off-set can present a smaller target area to the opponent and , by forcing him to strike at an alternative area , can trap him into leaving himself wide open . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's a letter asking you to play at an out-of-doors arts festival in the desert somewhere . |
| 7 | Some of our SPECIALIST WEEKENDS allow you to work at an ADVANCED LEVEL . |
| 8 | And yet to the world at large he claimed to have conducted a most detailed investigation into the whole matter , sufficient to enable him to arrive at an informed judgement that British policy remained correct . |
| 9 | One possibility was to force it to land at an army base remote to Teheran . |
| 10 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 11 | It was like watching someone push at an invisible turnstile . |