Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberate , pacemaker for Alphabatim , took the field along at a strong gallop as far as the straight , a good half mile from home , where he fell back and allowed Commanche Run to take up the running . |
| 2 | put a bid in at a certain price . |
| 3 | The coach , from London , costs under £40 but the trains , actually taking longer , weight in at a hefty £68 . |
| 4 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 5 | They were mesmerized by him and he drove the comedic tension forward at a great rate . ’ |
| 6 | The referential function gains its prominence only at a later stage , and the metalinguistic function also comes later ; these are the functions on which a considerable amount of attention is lavished at school . |
| 7 | But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level . |
| 8 | Finally , even if all the factors mentioned so far are not influencing the cat , it may still turn its nose up at a particular dish of food . |
| 9 | Once you can play each lick perfectly at a slow tempo , use your metronome to push the tempo up towards the target speed , suggested in brackets above each example . |
| 10 | The therapeutic use of regression , which I am concerned with here , usually relates to a subject 's current life , and takes place purely at a psychological level . |
| 11 | Forget it ’ the A A said , ‘ forget it ’ the police said , ‘ forget it ’ , everybody in the town said ‘ forget it , it 's hard enough to walk up ’ and we took the truck up at a bloody run . |
| 12 | A look later at a partial list of the Green Party 's candidates for the 1989 British Euro-elections confirmed the general impression : it was full of teachers , lecturers , organic small-holders , social workers and adult students , with here and there the stray doctor , engineer and journalist . |
| 13 | So we have got his name down at a few schools |
| 14 | The privileged sign in at a large book attached by a thin chain to a sort of lectern . |
| 15 | Swinging the ball away at a lively pace , he had Hough caught at slip by Paul Parker , then Ebrahim EssopAdam slashed his first ball straight to John Glendenen at gully . |
| 16 | There were until about 20 years ago , mosaic pavements from Roman times displayed in their original positions where they had been discovered during field work , together with one unearthed some little distance away at a later excavation . |
| 17 | The two defendants , Matthew Loveridge , who 's 19 , and Frank Smith , who 's 25 , were arrested here , about 30 miles from the scene of an alleged robbery the day before at a sub-post office in Berkshire . |
| 18 | AIRDRIE Branch staff ended a night out at a local bowling alley with a delicious buffet . |
| 19 | You should try the request again at a later time . |
| 20 | You should try the request again at a later time . |
| 21 | Profits are made by lending money out at a higher rate of interest than that paid to depositors . |
| 22 | In an emotional television appeal yesterday , she called on Filipinos to bring their families to a mass today at a religious shrine on a main motorway in suburban Manila . |
| 23 | In an emotional television appeal yesterday , she called on Filipinos to bring their families to a mass today at a religious shrine on a main motorway in suburban Manila . |
| 24 | Early on the following day a Lithuanian who had been on duty alone at a nearby post was found shot dead in what some reports suggested might have been revenge for the death of the Byelorussian . |
| 25 | The problem was soon overcome by always having the camera a couple of inches or so above the fish , thus pointing the camera down at a small angle to the aquarium glass , while the adjustable flash head was directed straight ahead . |
| 26 | You 're talking about er three thirty mil going out at a premium price , erm your one litre at an economy price and your two litre back at a premium price . |
| 27 | How long will the country continue to lose jobs and to lose access to the great national asset of our coal , given that the Government want to sell off British Coal overnight at a cheap price , for the benefit of the Treasury ? |
| 28 | I turned and overflew the field again at a lower level . |
| 29 | Best foot forward at a pioneering clinic . |
| 30 | Guerra announced his decision unexpectedly at a regional congress of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) in Cáceres ( Extremadura ) ; he retained the post of PSOE deputy secretary-general . |