Example sentences of "[verb] at [num] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It began when four Hurricanes were scrambled at 0830 after a reported five Ju88s at 21,000 feet .
2 I spent that Sunday at Littlehampton ; on the Monday I dined at one of George 's clubs — ’
3 She turned round to sec if he was laughing at one of the postcards but he was laughing at her .
4 ‘ Twice a week throughout more than one winter , he rose at five in the morning , and having saddled his pony himself , left the Abbey punctually as the clock struck six in order to attend Dr. Witt 's clinical lecture at seven , in the Bedford Infirmary ’ .
5 James Cran rose at 5.17 on the Thursday morning of the Maastricht Bill debate .
6 Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon .
7 The school operated a concessionary fees scheme that enabled the taxpayers , as members of the staff , to have their sons educated at one-fifth of the fees charged to parents of other pupils .
8 After being pegged at 4–4 following the first frame of the evening session , Hendry raised his game to collect the £40,000 first prize — and become Masters champion for the first time .
9 Its central way-station was located at one of the most remote places in the British empire ; Alice Springs .
10 The WT oligonucleotide corresponding to a PPT element located at -761 to -741 relative to the major start site of transcription ( 7 ) with homology to a previously proposed Na Channel element was used in gel retardation analysis .
11 A shift at one of the company 's two neighbouring plants had been axed and staff levels on a shift at the other had been cut , he said .
12 Ferris took the decision to abandon the aircraft , which crashed at 1205 at Oxborough , Norfolk .
13 We arranged to meet at twelve-thirty under the clock .
14 The countdown to one of the country 's … one of the world 's oldest sporting challenges is underway … after a hundred sixty four years the score stands at 69 to 68 … the sport is rowing … the contest is the university boat race … they 'll be naming the crews on Monday … but we can meet the Oxford blue boat in our Friday Feature
15 The annual UK rate now stands at 11 to 14 per 100,000 of the population .
16 The figure stands at 198,006 before this year
17 The FT Government Securities index currently stands at 88.18 against a high for the year to date of 89.75 and a low of 85.11 ( see panel ) .
18 From a handful of POCs in the early Sixties , the number of cases taken up by Amnesty now stands at 42,000 of which 38,000 are now closed .
19 Smoking in women was virtually unchanged , starting at eight of the 16 in hypertensives and seven of 16 in controls , and ending at six of 16 and seven of 16 respectively .
20 By Wednesday the 208 had been reduced by 100 after four rounds , the cut having come at four over par .
21 By Wednesday the 208 had been reduced by 100 after four rounds , the cut having come at four over par .
22 ‘ 'E finishes at twelve on Saturdays . ’
23 When they were discharged at eight in the morning , they were given back their belongings , with a sandwich of bread and cheese .
24 She knew that Sue worked as a nurse four nights a week , going on duty some time after the children had gone to bed in the evening , and returning at seven in the morning .
25 We stopped at one of his regular suppliers and cadged a few sea urchins , then the knife to eat them with .
26 GPO clock which stopped at 2.25 on the afternoon of Easter Monday .
27 I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below .
28 IT really was not the sort of behaviour expected at one of England 's oldest golf clubs .
29 Unlike the stress at right angles to the crack surfaces which is mapped in Figure 3 , this tension starts at zero at the crack tip and increases as we move forward away from it .
30 But the main thing is i it starts at sixty for women , sixty five for men , and of course that 's erm important when you come to erm planning , because er if you 've got er a male retiring at say fifty eight , he 's actually got seven years to go before he , he draws state pension .
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