Example sentences of "and [verb] at [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backed by the army , the administration was generally able to keep a semblance of order , to crush peasant insubordination , and to gather at least a proportion of the taxes decreed . |
| 2 | VMS also offers the best clustering facilities and host functionality , and has at least a measure of openness with the addition of VMS Posix compliance . |
| 3 | Yeah but if it 's going to be shown to ultimately thousands of people and to last at least a couple of years , we should invest in it . |
| 4 | The Turks are particularly skilled at copying all manner of goods , and the young RAOC Supply Specialist Corporal visited six Bedford suppliers in the local town , and drank at least a gallon of cif , before he was satisfied that he was buying genuine Bedford parts ! |
| 5 | Once there , Ursula poured more gin than tonic into a tumbler and drank at least a quarter of it in one gulp . |
| 6 | Corbetts , if you must , but the new bagging fashion is to find mountains that only the cognoscenti know and take at least a day 's walk to get into . |