Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school operated a concessionary fees scheme that enabled the taxpayers , as members of the staff , to have their sons educated at one-fifth of the fees charged to parents of other pupils . |
| 2 | Ajayi pointed at one of the wooden chess pieces — a black queen — and said , " Well , I think you 're too hard on them . |
| 3 | Unlike the stress at right angles to the crack surfaces which is mapped in Figure 3 , this tension starts at zero at the crack tip and increases as we move forward away from it . |
| 4 | ‘ There was a scholarship going at one of the drama schools , you see , and I entered it on impulse . |
| 5 | The photographic sitting ends at 4.30 in the morning with Lagerfeld in very good humour , having taken portraits of virtually everyone in the studio for a forthcoming photographic book , as well as all the publicity pictures for the collection . |
| 6 | The President looked at one of the papers before him . |
| 7 | Paulie looked at one of the questions ! |
| 8 | Counsel said a soldier fired at one of the men but both got away . |
| 9 | Perdita woke at two in the morning . |
| 10 | Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon . |
| 11 | Work began at seven in the morning and went on until the time , as the station-master put it , ‘ when the work is finished ’ , usually seven in the evening . |
| 12 | The battle began at three in the morning and continued uninterrupted until past daybreak . |
| 13 | Childbearing can be regarded as a confirmation that the parents feel at one with the nation and culture in which they live ( Simons 1986a ) . |
| 14 | There was a constant stream of them from early morning all through the day , but my work ended at five in the afternoon , when I was free to go and meet my friends . |
| 15 | This group meets at six in the morning . |
| 16 | The crisis came at 5-5 in the second game , by which time Horner had begun to dig in . |
| 17 | Brigitte did make enquiries at Pitmans , where classes started at five in the evening , and at the Kilburn Polytechnic , where there were weekend classes , but continued to doubt her ability to study enough at evening classes . |
| 18 | Grant pointed at one of the screens . |
| 19 | And the course , beautifully manicured in preparation for one of golf 's oldest championships , looked like a landscape painter 's dream as play began at 7.30 on the dot yesterday morning . |
| 20 | They call you out to snowswept motorway verges at four in the morning , talk to you through a quarter-inch crack in the window and drive off when you 've finished , without a word . |
| 21 | The result of the match was hanging in the balance with the teams level at 7–7 in the club house . |
| 22 | ‘ The day started at six in the morning and went on till six in the evening — even until seven at one time . |
| 23 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester has produced a £50m fixed rate loan priced at 13.25 until the end of 1991 . |
| 24 | Lord and Lady Errol owned Slains Castle , a wide pile on the land 's edge : the pair arrived as the dinner bell rang at three in the afternoon . |
| 25 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 26 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 27 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 28 | ‘ The next train leaves at six for the eight o'clock ferry . |
| 29 | When Virgin had entered into the deal , the dollar rate stood at 1.45 to the pound . |
| 30 | Kopyion pointed at one of the screens . |