Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 2 | Well Mrs Toad is having a sale in her shop + + she has laid out her caish + cash register + + an' a number of pots of tea + + it 's gon na be a special sale because + + so she has th' + a sign up saying + prices are slashed + so she hopes lots of customers will be coming along + to visit her + + while she ‘ s waiting for customers + she goes about setting out the rest of + of the shop + + for things in the sale + + an ’ she brings on + large cans of tin + of tea + + for + she can only carry one at a time + so she walks on with one and puts it on the counter + + |
| 3 | ‘ Our drivers can only negotiate them at a maximum of 15mph , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Because we can only understand it at a level of artificial instrumentation , and mathematical calculations on paper , we find it hard to imagine a little animal doing it in its head . |
| 5 | It only takes one at a time . |
| 6 | Only keep one at a time , as the adults will fight unless kept in very large tanks . |
| 7 | He ca n't pay the television licence and tosses up every week between washing powder , toothpaste or soap : " I can only afford one at a time — personal hygiene is an expensive item . " |
| 8 | If mixing causes difficulties , will the dementia sufferers gain from a segregated day centre or segregated days in a day centre or hospital , or will this merely put them at a disadvantage ? b Literature Arie ( 1979 ) states that we need to know more of the pros and cons of integration in day hospitals . |
| 9 | You take me away for the weekend and then come back and act as if you 've just met me at a friend 's house for the first time ! |
| 10 | Erm but we 'll do the questions together as a class and I would like you to just speak one at a time , otherwise it will all get blurry . |
| 11 | And I can remember having big long sheets and they would take us into Nottingham and just dump you at a shop and say now you know , go in and fill that in . |
| 12 | And er he 's already he 's already got you at a disadvantage , by er er you 're on the move and he 's waiting for you . |
| 13 | US airlines already find themselves at a disadvantage because of ‘ open sky ’ policies during Reagan-era deregulation , they say . |
| 14 | just take one at a time . |
| 15 | HOLDER John Parrott yesterday pronounced himself at a career peak after reaching the semi-finals of the Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship at Preston . |
| 16 | If the object-glass of a refractor or the mirror of a reflector is of poor quality , the images will also be poor — and a bad telescope does not always betray itself at a glance . |
| 17 | Moral — only ever remove one at a time so that you can see which way that have to be returned . |
| 18 | I run the search room there , which means that erm people come into Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk and the end of a telephone , and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure that they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strong rooms that we 've got . |
| 19 | That 's right , yes , I run the Search Room there , which means that erm people come in to Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk on the end of a telephone and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strongrooms that we 've got , and then I produce them for them and erm if they need any help reading them and so on I give them that . |
| 20 | Back home you only ever saw one at a time . |
| 21 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 22 | IN THE current lukewarm musical climate there is something very likeable about a record that genuinely leaves you at a loss for words . |
| 23 | This is unavoidable , but it means that you may get the impression that they are also used one at a time . |
| 24 | He thinks this keeps him on his mettle , but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word . |
| 25 | This means you get the debt guaranteed by a bank in the buyer 's country , then sell it at a discount to another bank . |
| 26 | These are then interpreted one at a time , on a rule of thumb basis . |
| 27 | It was therefore tempting , and usually easy , to import excessive quantities of goods and then resell them at a profit to local merchants , " from whom " , wrote Callières in 1697 , " they receive a tribute , for lending their names to defraud the Sovereign of his dues " . |
| 28 | Well you you buy it all at thirty three or twenty five percent discount so you can then sell it at a bit more . |
| 29 | The rebels then established themselves at a camp some 20 km from Moroni , calling for the resignation of Djohar and his Cabinet and of Capt. Azali Assoumani , commander of the FCD . |
| 30 | Very often a student creates his first phrase and then finds himself at a loss . |