Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our Association was formed in November 1981 when a group of concerned people got together at a public meeting in Llandrindod Wells . |
| 2 | None of that small band of men who sat round smoking and drinking their beer or whisky could have had any idea , as they heard Jack vigorously defending the doctrine of hell in nine pages , that the publication of these religious speculations , pieced together at a busy time between giving lectures and examining , was to change his destiny forever . |
| 3 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 4 | We were appearing together at a literary lunch in Cleethorpes — he was promoting the latest edition of his diaries — and someone was playing the organ whilst we were eating . |
| 5 | The Himalayas , whose rise began maybe 50 million years ago , are still climbing heavenwards at an average rate of seven millimetres per year , double the speed of their advance ten million years ago , though such rates are by no means constant . |
| 6 | Here she found Mrs Geary , kindly smoothing Twomey 's hair with her hand , while he boned away at an elegant shoe . |
| 7 | Then it moved away at a brisk trot , the small and incredibly ugly imp that was perching on its lid watching the scenery with interest . |
| 8 | As Bull watched , an elderly man with his glasses hanging from one ear bent backwards at a strange angle , as if he was made of rubber , and slid off his seat . |
| 9 | PENSIONERS protesting outside Manchester 's town hall where about 3,000 rallied yesterday at a Grey Power conference . |
| 10 | PENSIONERS protesting outside Manchester 's town hall where about 3,000 rallied yesterday at a Grey Power conference . |
| 11 | An editorial in The Lancet ( November 10 , 1990 ) entitled ‘ Who 's for tennis ? ’ but which could have just as easily been entitled ‘ Who 's for running ? ’ sums up the present state of the art and looks particularly at a new piece of research carried out on civil servants . |
| 12 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 13 | By ruling in favour of the appellant , a schoolmaster at Malvern College , whose two sons were educated there at a concessionary rate , the Lords have avoided what has been described as an ‘ administrative nightmare ’ . |
| 14 | The horse had gradually slowed as it tired , until the animal now moved forward at a resigned walk . |
| 15 | He was educated privately at a small school run by his father at Hardenhuish rectory , and latterly at Claverton Lodge School , Bath , run by his uncle Francis Kilvert [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | The agreement at Smiths Industries , Cheltenham , ending a three-week strike at the plant was accepted overwhelmingly at a mass meeting yesterday . |
| 17 | One Victorian scheme was for a tunnel lit by candles , where horses would draw passengers across in special vehicles , pausing only at an artificial island in the middle of the Channel for everyone to come up for air and water . |
| 18 | Their work came together at a recent exhibition in Napier 's new KJP Gallery . |
| 19 | That is not Mr Lawson 's fault , of course , but he has to live with the danger that while the world 's capital markets will duly bridge the gap between Britain 's domestic savings and investment , they will only do so at a lower price for sterling . |
| 20 | The large fractured area containing the lateral cell membranes of surface mucous cells was observed and photographed randoly at a direct magnification of ×15000 . |
| 21 | Do n't you think that perhaps it might have been better for the oil companies to have perhaps done more at an earlier stage , in the the safety side of things ? |
| 22 | In distinctive display flight flaps upwards at a steep angle and then glides down with wings scarcely upraised . |
| 23 | The same issue as in L.0.2 , but studied now at a local level i.e. |
| 24 | In summary , when cells are activated , the cytoplasm becomes an excitable matrix which allows a calcium signal to initiate periodically at a specific point before spreading throughout the cell as a regenerative calcium wave . |
| 25 | They abound now at an ever-increasing rate . |
| 26 | ‘ did loiter ( or solicit ) ’ Loiter means passing frequently at a slow speed ( Williamson v Wright 1924 SLT 363 ) . |
| 27 | How to crack down on increasing levels of vandalism and the emergence of street gangs in the area will be decided today at a special meeting of the council 's Police Liaison Committee . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , they 're talking about it , ’ my mother said , dipping her head towards the table and holding her Paisley-pattern scarf to her throat as she nibbled tentatively at a large cream cake . |
| 29 | In his view , there should be a clear test applied to ensure that the Community only does things which can not be done well at a national level . |
| 30 | And Mr Irving , seen here at a neo-Nazi rally , is sticking to his view that the gas chambers are a myth … |