Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here she found Mrs Geary , kindly smoothing Twomey 's hair with her hand , while he boned away at an elegant shoe . |
| 2 | At the entrance , just near the gatehouse door , Cranston stopped and knocked hard at an iron-studded door . |
| 3 | Even in the USA , where a radical process of resettlement got underway at an early stage , most reported episodes of mental illness are still treated at these institutions . |
| 4 | Patients at increased risk include those with family members who died suddenly at an early age and those who have experienced syncope . |
| 5 | First , I looked again at an old favourite , Arthur Eddington 's The Nature of the Physical World ( Cambridge The detailed insights provided by Mehra and Rechenburg put this in a fresh perspective ( and Eddington still stands up , half a century later , as a superb writer who knew how to present his material ) . |
| 6 | By the late 1980s , the largest organizations were likely to operate most efficiently if they did so at an international level , raising capital internationally and supplying international markets . |
| 7 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 8 | It shot backwards at an incredible velocity , rattling its passengers up and down . |
| 9 | They stopped far beer and then waited anxiously at an agreed spot for Minto and the others . |