Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In a cavity between it and the central part of the body , most species have gills which are continually bathed by a current of oxygen-bearing water , sucked in at one end of the cavity and expelled at the other .
2 So if one came out at ten pence per
3 The extension 's roof sloped up at forty-five degrees to within about four feet of the roof proper .
4 Guy 's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile .
5 Jannie sat down at one corner of the great kitchen table and began to write a shopping list .
6 His early ventures into freelance design had been reasonably successful ; with Leonie 's encouragement he worked long hours as a restaurant porter to earn enough money to buy a couple of ancient industrial machines which he set up at one end of the living room of his mother 's house .
7 Catching them was a simple procedure of setting up a wire-mesh peat basket , held up at one side by a stick , with a string attached which led in through the window .
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