Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl in the mack was scrambling again through the puddles in the dirt of the wreckers ' yard ; the invisible and soundless shots from out of frame felled her at a signal from Jean-Claude and the partisans rose from the auto hulks , their own guns blazing . |
| 2 | The man in charge of the investigation , Supt Stan Fletcher , said : ‘ Local police in Newcastle arrested him at a hotel last night . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If a teenager decides to earn money doing a paper round , or a Saturday job , there is no reason why their mother should set her alarm in order to wake them at an unearthly hour . |
| 5 | One of the difficulties of proceeding with the single currency , particularly if a small number of member states within the Community were to proceed on their own , is that it would become increasingly difficult for others to join them at a later stage . |