Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Major or a Kinnock may work for decades in the hope of a few short years at the pinnacle of our political system . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think it looks like a million other pools at all , ’ he stated , an edge of impatience to his voice . |
| 3 | He is hosting a shooting party for a dozen close friends at Sandringham and is said to be ‘ most unwilling ’ to alter his plans . |
| 4 | She felt that she was falling and falling , that her body would fly apart with a thousand hurting pieces at any moment . |
| 5 | It was a terrace of three stone cottages , with a cobbled clearing at the front and a common area with a few small outbuildings at the back . |
| 6 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 7 | And waking suddenly like that , you woke in a thousand different places at once , all the places that you 'd ever been . |
| 8 | He remained loyal to Harley until the bitter end , though his own influence in the administration was dwindling , lost all offices except a few local honours at the Hanoverian succession , and more or less retired from active politics to follow his mild interest in antiquarian matters and his somewhat keener passion for the refinement and embellishment of his country seat at Margam . |