Example sentences of "[verb] to they at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way . |
| 2 | It is essential , though , that the knowledge and skills people have are not taken from them , repackaged and sold to them at exorbitant prices . |
| 3 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 4 | There are fewer generally accepted criteria about what environmental adaptations are necessary or desirable for pupils with problems in seeing and some debate as to whether any special attention needs to be given to them at all . |
| 5 | Most children learn about epilepsy when they first see their parent having a seizure , and it is vital the condition is fully explained to them at this time . |
| 6 | Anyone who would like to contact Roy or Linda Grainger can write to them at 9 , Roehampton Drive , Crosby . |
| 7 | Their role is to deal with routine business delegated to them at weekly or monthly meetings ; |
| 8 | Write to them at 2 Carlton House Terrace , London SW1Y 5AR . |
| 9 | Barn owls have one ear slightly higher than the other , so sound comes to them at two different pitches . |