Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at an [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the way home we stopped off at an alcohol centre and had a pint .
2 He had been picked out at an identification parade only after his photograph had been shown to the prosecution witnesses — three criminals who got shorter sentences for helping the police .
3 Computer operator Wightman , based in Marylebone , was picked out at an identity parade .
4 A few lengths were produced and these amateurish efforts were seen by a director of Coles who was passing through Braintree and happened to look in at an art exhibition in the Institute .
5 Six and a half thousand homes had their power supplies cut off when a fire broke out at an electricity sub-station .
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