Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This business was expanded by his son John Roberts , who also lent money at a vast interest rate to the tinners , who were traditionally improvident and poor . |
| 2 | Another great Therapy ? story revolves around a character called Eddie Faith , who found religion at a Christian meeting one night , and the next day walked into the local police station and confessed to 24 robberies he 'd committed in the previous year . |
| 3 | Although he 's no long he no although he no longer competes , he drove hydroplane at an international standard , was highly competitive and had many wins and top level events to his credit . |
| 4 | Commenting on the appointment , The Hindu of June 8 stated that Verma assumed charge at a critical time " when terrorist activity has increased as compared to last year , and the law and order machinery appears demoralized " . |
| 5 | AIR France has dropped an advertising campaign which poked fun at an English town after being bombarded with protests by furious residents . |
| 6 | Last year Matthew received treatment at a Scottish nursing home which a Hungarian team from the Peto Institute , famous for its work with handicapped children , were visiting . |
| 7 | At the end of February Greenspan remained optimistic and committed to maintaining interest rates when revised figures for real growth in GNP in the final quarter of 1989 showed growth at an annual rate of 0.9 per cent rather than the estimated 0.5 per cent . |
| 8 | The Northern also revealed how North of England Investments loaned money at an annual interest rate of 660pc . |
| 9 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
| 10 | Straw plaiters started work at an early age and the occupation was a common one in the South Midland counties ; for instance , in 1871 about a third of all Bedfordshire girls aged between ten and fifteen were recorded in the census returns as plaiters . |
| 11 | Joanne Gurney spat abuse at an Old Bailey jury for convicting her live-in lover Frederick Feathers of murder . |
| 12 | Besides a number of activities which took place at a regional level , many more were carried on throughout the year by its corporate and personal members . |
| 13 | These are not , however , the same kind of truth ; for the first holds for all time and every place , whereas the second has to do with a specific event which as a matter of fact took place at a particular point in history . |
| 14 | The deal took place at a public inquiry in 1981 , when the owner , Wedgwood , was applying for a second time for consent to demolish . |
| 15 | A winding , levelled path at a gentle gradient is much easier to walk down . |
| 16 | IT MAY surprise readers of this column that I have never in my life voted Conservative at a general election . |
| 17 | The British , with experience gained in the Boer War , had designed a standard rifle , light and holding the maximum number of rounds for fast , aimed fire at a specific target . |
| 18 | It gushed plasma at a small knot of Marines who were storming a trench crowded with troopers . |
| 19 | They had dinner at a superb restaurant , bustling with the rich and famous , where everyone covertly glanced at everyone else , slyly assessing outfits and hairdos . |
| 20 | We had dinner at a good restaurant round the corner and then I took her to Sammy 's Bowery Follies , a popular nostalgic show in lower Manhatten . |
| 21 | Whereas in a normal year the king 's usual revenue barely met his obligations , in years of hostility expenditure outran income at an alarming rate . |