Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 2 | It was like watching someone push at an invisible turnstile . |
| 3 | The fact that we may have no reason to say of someone looking at a blue flower that it looks blue to him does not mean that it does not look blue to him . |
| 4 | Ageing machinery that opens or teases wool , a ‘ fearnought ’ , has also been moved away from the blend bins and a new one inserted at an earlier stage of production . |
| 5 | The argument is that he had power to enjoy so much of the income of Attleborough [ the overseas company ] as was spent in expenses , etc , so that by this route one arrives at a taxable amount of net income . |
| 6 | With a star of greater mass , everything happens at an accelerated rate , and the star 's active life is much shorter than with our sedate Sun . |
| 7 | The bank manager , accountant , solicitor or building contractor might have something to offer at a particular time or for a particular purpose but they would not be fully established voting members of the group . |