Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also included the operation of ‘ stand down , ’ by which the airline retained scarce skills by allowing people to work elsewhere on part pay but having the opportunity to recall them at a month 's notice . |
| 2 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 3 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout — the road approaches it at a very acute angle . |
| 6 | So tres modere is and as the explanation gives you at a very moderate speed . |