Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all began in the early hours when it 's alleged the car failed to stop at a police check and sped off through the city centre and out along the Botley Road . |
| 2 | Our perception of the pub has to work at a number of levels — mostly obvious , but nonetheless worth clarifying . |
| 3 | The survey was a comparison between self-service and counter-service grocers and the student was puzzled that the old lady claimed to shop at a counter-service yet all her answers suggested that she used a self-service shop . |
| 4 | Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw . |
| 5 | Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable . |
| 6 | Consequently there is a change in excitation and the motor starts to accelerate at a rate dictated by the load parameters . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they will know that such disturbances will force them to produce a level of output which is not the optimal one in the sense that it is not what they would in advance choose to produce at a price of P . |
| 8 | I was surprised that , at this level , mental processing appeared to operate at a speed 3 to 5 times slower for less able primary 7 pupils . |
| 9 | In the very early stages the white hole appears to expand at a rate several times the speed of light , as I explain in an article written with R. C. Kapoor in Astrophysics and Space Sciences ( vol 53 , p 155 ) . |
| 10 | Once a huge golden eagle circled above a wreck and I intercepted a couple hiking to call at a Crofter 's cottage for assistance because I was loathe to leave the area to the eagle . |