Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 2 | Of course , very often garments require a number of stitches that do not work out at a neat number of pattern repeats , so you do n't HAVE to much patterns at side seams . |
| 3 | He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him . |
| 4 | Blackbirds , sparrows , robins , and other birds whose names Vic does n't know , skip and hop about at a discreet distance from the magpies . |
| 5 | As with all hill climbing , a BM may end up at a local minimum . |
| 6 | Public money will be used to lend up to £420 a year to students in full-time higher education , which they will pay back at an inflation-linked rate of interest . |
| 7 | That way , unless I 've really laid it on thick , I can get along at a cracking pace . |
| 8 | The Bank is considering the view of the IBOA to their proposals on Job Sharing and will revert back at an early date . |
| 9 | A level-top , apart from its looking well , was emphasized for a good economic reason : if the ploughland was level , the drill coulters would bite in at an uniform depth , and sow the seed in the same way ; the ears of corn would then mature at approximately the same time and all the seeds of corn would be approximately the same size . |
| 10 | Or , or other benefits that would actually kick in at a certain point , er , of death , I mean obviously this would actually help at erm , diagnosis , and you 're writing into this , sort of to cover all of the things that we 're talking about , and they get that , and then they continue to live , the rest of your plans are all then thrown out are n't they , because you 've got all those things that you 've put into place for death , sorted out in the years before . |
| 11 | These white athletes under such circumstances may start off at a psychological disadvantage . |
| 12 | ‘ It might pop up at an awkward moment , ’ he said , which was hardly any better . ’ |