Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the empty and desolate bar , stood the solitary figure of Tim , the barman , calmly tearing up at least half-a-dozen pages of unpaid drinks in the name of Denis O'Neil . |
| 2 | The scope for disagreement between plaintiffs and defendants has been narrowed by the move by district registries to publish hourly rates going back at least five years . |
| 3 | The careers of other scholars of the period who reached the highest mevleviyets likewise suggest that by this time teaching on at least two levels of medreses beyond the Sahn had become customary , the top level being composed of the Suleymaniye medreses and the later imperial medreses , such as those of Selim II and Murad III . |
| 4 | The galaxy — catalogue number 3C 324 — is full of extremely bright glowing gases moving around at very high speeds . |
| 5 | He 'd be expecting her to come dragging in at least ten minutes late , with a scowl on her face , unwilling and reluctant . |
| 6 | Congress was banking on at least 12 seats here , but most observers think they will be lucky to get 10 . |
| 7 | A typical moggie is intermediate between these two extremes , with a tom weighing in at about 10 lbs and a queen at 8 lbs . |
| 8 | The steam crane , built by Ransomes and Rapier in 1944 and weighing in at about 142 tons , was eased into the head-stunt after the incident . |
| 9 | Particles containing the b quark ( bottom particles ) are the heaviest found so far , some weighing in at around 10 times the mass of the proton . |
| 10 | Amongst the challenges faced by P&O Distribution was the task of moving two giant bronze hands , weighing in at around five tonnes and valued at £50,000 safely through the heart of London to their resting place at one of the entrances to Chelsea Harbour . |
| 11 | This implies grants stretching over at least two generations . |
| 12 | So begin by dreaming up at least three possibilities . |