Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they left the turn the French paddled off at a tangent and tried to run the Romanians into the landing pontoon in front of all the VIPs . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't half keep on at a girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 3 | All this comes about at a time when the future of GMAG is under review . |
| 4 | I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric . |
| 5 | Clients unable to break even , let alone to sell out at a profit , found themselves locked in . |
| 6 | That works out at a dollar an hour which is less than the federal minimum wage . ’ |
| 7 | She checks daily that her changing bag is filled with essential and spare clothes and leaves it permanently packed in the hall ready to pick up at a moment 's notice so she 's never caught unprepared . |
| 8 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |