Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What happens to their income support , do they still continue to receive it at a reduced rate ? |
| 32 | A group of kids are on a roundabout , one foot on and one foot off , they are pushing it at a giddy speed , round and around until their faces form a single banded blur . |
| 33 | to grow things you 've got ta do it at a specific time if you 're gon na wan na plan |
| 34 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 35 | In some West Indian islands a yacht arriving without one will be confronted with a customs officer producing a rolled-up flag from his pocket and offering to sell it at an inflated price in an atmosphere of thinly disguised pressure . |
| 36 | informal rejection or acceptance of the planning proposal , without expressing it at a formal level |
| 37 | Or scanned you at a maiden aunt 's , |
| 38 | Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses . |
| 39 | It 's good practice to use three balls in rotation in cold weather , one being in play on any one hole , and the two others remaining in your pocket where your body heat can keep them at a reasonable temperature . |
| 40 | ‘ Look , I 've got you at a bad moment , sorry . |
| 41 | ‘ Is all well ? ’ he asked when she joined him at a small table in a corner of the crowded bar . |
| 42 | With a wide smile , one of the waitresses came to collect her , and seat her at a small table in the window . |
| 43 | There were the two gold and jewelled boxes Müller had sold him at a staggering profit , considering he had bought them from someone facing criminal charges , and desperate for cash . |
| 44 | I mean , alright , we know you 're handling large lumps of money , but when you think of it , if you , if you , borrowed it at a different rate , you know , same rate as you could do finance , 'cos which I think the government could do it and make a profit at it . |
| 45 | Having , as a small boy , saved his pocket money to buy his mother a scarf for her birthday , he was sharply told to take it back : he had bought it at a Liberal shop . |
| 46 | Instead of bowling the ball , which bore a small silver shield , Mr Cottle threw it at a low-flying swan . |
| 47 | Assessments of the permissible level of incidental catch should be based on the desirability of returning dolphin stocks to original levels , not holding them at a depleted level through a continuation of a high level of incidental kill . |
| 48 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 49 | Gaily followed them at a discreet distance and watched as they lowered Miss Faith Lavender into her last resting place . |
| 50 | Everybody has them and something must be holding you at a given height above the ground ! ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 52 | Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance . |
| 53 | As they walked he offered her his arm , unlike most punters , who followed her at a discreet distance . |
| 54 | Behind her Rose followed her at a wheezing trot , keeping up with her , until she suddenly mastered the antiquated machine , and sped away , feeling like a Swiss mountaineer with his St Bernard dog , setting off on his errand of mercy . |
| 55 | Next Wednesday , a score of television bigwigs will meet him at a special seminar at the Department of Trade and Industry , part of the D T I 's efforts to boost British exports . |
| 56 | All she might do is offer to do it at a lower rate , in which case , |
| 57 | If the material is being used on a table or flat surface , it means that in order to use it at a close distance from the eye , the head is bent low over the book in order to try to discriminate the print . |
| 58 | Diluting it and mixing in it into slurry lagoons or spreading it at a low rate on grassland was a method used in the past , but even that may not be possible now . |
| 59 | Of course er they have about erm well I 'm not sure , about twenty eight or thirty thousand gallons of diesel stocked up there , and of course in them buying it in bulk like that they get it at a cheaper rate . |
| 60 | she goes to part-time so they get it at a reduced rate . |