Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike the stress at right angles to the crack surfaces which is mapped in Figure 3 , this tension starts at zero at the crack tip and increases as we move forward away from it . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a scholarship going at one of the drama schools , you see , and I entered it on impulse . |
| 3 | The photographic sitting ends at 4.30 in the morning with Lagerfeld in very good humour , having taken portraits of virtually everyone in the studio for a forthcoming photographic book , as well as all the publicity pictures for the collection . |
| 4 | The President looked at one of the papers before him . |
| 5 | Counsel said a soldier fired at one of the men but both got away . |
| 6 | Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon . |
| 7 | Work began at seven in the morning and went on until the time , as the station-master put it , ‘ when the work is finished ’ , usually seven in the evening . |
| 8 | The battle began at three in the morning and continued uninterrupted until past daybreak . |
| 9 | There was a constant stream of them from early morning all through the day , but my work ended at five in the afternoon , when I was free to go and meet my friends . |
| 10 | This group meets at six in the morning . |
| 11 | The crisis came at 5-5 in the second game , by which time Horner had begun to dig in . |
| 12 | And the course , beautifully manicured in preparation for one of golf 's oldest championships , looked like a landscape painter 's dream as play began at 7.30 on the dot yesterday morning . |
| 13 | They call you out to snowswept motorway verges at four in the morning , talk to you through a quarter-inch crack in the window and drive off when you 've finished , without a word . |
| 14 | ‘ The day started at six in the morning and went on till six in the evening — even until seven at one time . |
| 15 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester has produced a £50m fixed rate loan priced at 13.25 until the end of 1991 . |
| 16 | Lord and Lady Errol owned Slains Castle , a wide pile on the land 's edge : the pair arrived as the dinner bell rang at three in the afternoon . |
| 17 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 18 | As he turned the corner away from the house and towards the train station , Endill was sure he saw the shape of his father standing at one of the upstairs windows , watching him go . |
| 19 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 20 | ‘ The next train leaves at six for the eight o'clock ferry . |
| 21 | When Virgin had entered into the deal , the dollar rate stood at 1.45 to the pound . |
| 22 | Costa del Sol , the flight leaves at three on the Saturday . ’ |
| 23 | Among the topics to be explored are the choice made at 16 between the various options available , the effect of marriage and childbirth on the career progress of both men and women , and the factors which explain occupational success and income by age 23 among people who left school at 16 . |
| 24 | He said a Labour survey of household contents insurance costs at nine of the top British firms showed the average family would be paying a 19pc increase this year alone . |
| 25 | Shoppers were already milling around , for the centre opened at nine in the morning and closed at nine at night , when late shoppers had to be shooed out like errant sheep . |
| 26 | All this happened in early spring — the third week in March , I think — and for several weeks of the previous summer Inez had been carrying on with a man staying at one of the St Ives hotels . |
| 27 | The cook looked at one of the maids , " Jane , will you fetch Master Patrick a cup and saucer please . " |
| 28 | He also took the chance to visit the US during one of his vacations , and commented that , apart from benefiting from the opportunity to learn at one of the top colleges , he had also enjoyed experiencing a different culture during his time in London . |
| 29 | Last September , the authors of a report on the quality of care offered at one of the country 's leading alternative therapy centres — the Bristol Cancer Help Clinic — held a press conference to announce their interim findings . |
| 30 | When voting began at eight in the morning in Kompong Cham , the country 's most populous province , thousands of damp Cambodians were already outside the polling stations . |