Example sentences of "at [adj] and [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At twelve midnight on 1 January 1975 , Mars appeared at such and such a position in the sky . |
2 | Psychologists of vision , for example , have to think in terms of levels of representation that the nervous system computes and not to do so would be to render unintelligible the processes that occur between the transducing of light-rays into electrical impulses at the retina and the cortex recording the object as ( say ) a rigid cylinder rotating at such and such a distance from the viewing point . |
3 | ‘ Games teachers would say , ‘ There 's a meeting at such and such a place on Wednesday afternoon ; would you ask your teacher if you could miss your lessons ? ’ |
4 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
5 | I 've I would n't I do n't think I would go out if somebody said , Would you come and sing er at such and such a thing . |
6 | There is never any respect for an angler who says he ‘ estimated ’ the fish at such and such a weight , for his catches will always be regarded with suspicion , to say the least . |
7 | You 'd get a message from the R T O the er Railway Transport Office to say supply three hundred and sixty cups of tea at such and such a time and then of course the troops would the train would start , the troops pour out and pour into our place and there we were dashing around . |
8 | Something tied up , something in there as a heading so every member of staff knows that at such and such a time they are working on a heading of environmental awareness I would like us to have a precis of what that 's gon na involve but , I sha n't worry if we have n't got that we 've moved on a step |
9 | Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this . |