Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 2 | Where a problem seems obviously more complex they suggest that the client makes an appointment with an adviser to come back at a time when the bureau is officially closed to the public . |
| 3 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 4 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 5 | At a Labour conference you get Gerry Adams turning up at a fringe meeting , and he the leader of Sinn Fein , which is cousin to the IRA , which in 1984 , in this same town , blew up the Grand Hotel in an attempt to murder the Prime Minister and Cabinet . |
| 6 | F worked out at a half . |
| 7 | Loretta 's mind went off at a tangent . |
| 8 | A window at one end gave onto a coal hole ; a little daylight filtered through at an angle from an iron grating in the pavement above . |
| 9 | The branch road from Dent joins in at a bridge and the hamlet of Cowgill , once a parish in its own right , is immediately beyond : here is a church built in 1873 , a converted school , the pleasant residence and gardens of Cowgill Grange and an isolated terrace of cottages . |
| 10 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 11 | He became lost in one of his dour moods so I let him be and went to the window to stare out at a dairy maid carrying pitchers of milk between the barns and the kitchen . |
| 12 | If you watch the start or the first few miles , you 'll see a mass of humanity moving along at a snail 's pace . |
| 13 | They 've seen language labs , which are great , more or less mould away for lack of resources to keep them in working order , and they see micros coming in at a time when everything else is being cut . |
| 14 | Rincewind looked up at a number of impassive , upside down faces . |
| 15 | As the Cheshires sped away , soldiers in one of the Land Rovers leaped out at a road block to take up positions in a ditch and provide covering fire with their SA80 automatic rifles . |
| 16 | But if you ask him to spare a couple of hours to help out at a St John Ambulance fund-raising activity or a garden fête for the church roof repair fund , he might find that a worthwhile thing to do . |
| 17 | Frédéric peers in at a window . |
| 18 | Dolly looked up at a knock on the door . |
| 19 | The Glovers stood around at a loss ; this did not seem to be the sort of place in which business could be carried on . |
| 20 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 21 | Prentice put his arms round Rory 's neck and got up onto his back ; Rory set off at a run . |
| 22 | Due to the large spread ( i.e. difference between buying and selling prices ) , it usually takes a substantial rise to enable investors to sell out at a profit . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , police last night hit back at a lawyer 's claim that they had mishandled the arrest of a 12-year-old boy who was released and eliminated from the inquiry last Wednesday . |
| 24 | These same eggs end up at a supermarket as fresh free range ! |
| 25 | He 's far more likely to catch a chill standing about at a show or in the hunting field than after a bath , as long as you take the right precautions . |
| 26 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |
| 27 | DOZENS of rock fans were arrested when fights broke out at a Guns N' Roses US concert . |
| 28 | The profits averaged out at a quarter of a million pounds per partner . |
| 29 | The skunk has a pair of these glands and not only can it vary the strength of each jet according to the side from which you approach but it is even able to twist the nozzle of the gland so that the spray shoots out at an angle . |
| 30 | STUNNED staff turned up at a garage in Chicklade , Wilts , to find thieves had used a chainsaw to cut off and steal a petrol pump . |