Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [adj] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall not be far wrong then if we say that in 1700 about one half of the arable land was already enclosed in the kind of fields that we see today , and that about one half still lay in open field , a landscape which survives today only in patches of a few hundred acres at Braunton ( north Devon ) , at Laxton ( Nottinghamshire ) and at Hazey and Epworth in the Isle of Axholme . |
| 2 | A Major or a Kinnock may work for decades in the hope of a few short years at the pinnacle of our political system . |
| 3 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 4 | I took a siesta in the shade , and when evening rolled around was feeling fit enough to head back into Bandera for a few more beers at the Silver Dollar . |
| 5 | He 's worth a few million pennies at the moment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 . |
| 9 | These observations of distance and speed can be coupled with general knowledge of the way a small probe behaves in the gravitational fields of bodies in the Solar System to determine the spacecraft 's position with astonishing accuracy , typically to a few hundred metres at a range of hundreds of millions of kilometres . |