Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its twin staircases and end steps , a Dreadnought was capable of loading and unloading simultaneously at a terminus . |
| 2 | He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh ! ’ he said , stopping the car and looking hurriedly at a map . |
| 4 | As a result evidence … clearly showed that the two Constables had been idling and gossiping together at a place where one of them had no right to be … [ and ] that the Acting Sergeant , on his round of inspection , met these two Constables together , failed to note in his book , as was required in the regulations , the place where and the time where he met them , and to see that the Constables then noted in their books the time and place of his visit … |
| 5 | Presently the old lady came towards him , entered the shed and sniffed knowledgeably at a tin of weedkiller . |
| 6 | He lost , and lost again at a by-election in February 1936 in Ross and Cromarty against Malcolm MacDonald [ q.v. ] , the National Government candidate and dominions secretary — another embarrassment for his father who was then angling for a cabinet post . |
| 7 | Briant ignored that and looked instead at a man waving his notebook eagerly from the back row . |
| 8 | She scratched , the itch coming with the thought , and looked across at a brig that was still low on the incoming tide . |
| 9 | At the lane turn right , and keep right at a fork to Partrishow Church . |
| 10 | She turned Midnight on his hocks and went away at a canter . |
| 11 | Then he opened them and kicked savagely at a lump of dried mud , sending it sailing across the yard to explode against the side of the stable . |
| 12 | ‘ We went to Nice and stayed overnight at a hotel . |
| 13 | At one stage he was travelling to the TV studios in London by bus and sleeping overnight at a rail station . |