Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His marriage seemed like the Atlantic Ocean to her , something vast and unknowable which she could not attempt to bridge but only fly over at a terrible speed . |
| 2 | You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! |
| 3 | This can be clearly seen at St Oswald 's in Gloucester , where the many phases of development are more clear in elevation than plan , and where , ironically , the earliest masonry is up above arches put in at a later date . |
| 4 | FIGHTS break out at a Black Rights demonstration in Euston , London . |
| 5 | Repeat the read out at a lower level in the structure . |
| 6 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 7 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 8 | Set off at a good pace with the longest stride that is comfortable , letting your arms swing naturally in opposition to your feet . |
| 9 | Set off at a good pace , with the longest stride that is comfortable , your arms swinging naturally in opposition to your legs . |
| 10 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 11 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 12 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 13 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 14 | Smoking is on a steady decline among both men and women — but men pack up at a faster rate than women . |
| 15 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 16 | If any other readers would like to save money and the rain forests , call in at a local reclaimers the next time you need timber . |
| 17 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 18 | They 're not velocity sensitive ( ie. they wo n't respond to how hard you hit them with changes in signal ) , and although you can record rhythms and bass lines of varying dynamics into an RY10 pattern from a MIDI source , the incoming velocity values are n't recorded by the drum machine and so the sounds play back at a fixed level . |
| 19 | They 're not velocity sensitive ( ie. they wo n't respond to how hard you hit them with changes in signal ) , and although you can record rhythms and bass lines of varying dynamics into an RY10 pattern from a MIDI source , the incoming velocity values are n't recorded by the drum machine and so the sounds play back at a fixed level . |
| 20 | In a cup of tea , the particles whizz round at a great rate ; in the mantle the flow is so slow that it would be barely perceptible over the course of a human lifetime . |