Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at an " in BNC.
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| 1 | My attempt at an inventory of the entire contents of a jacket pocket for 1959 . |
| 2 | You do think — is my career at an end ? |
| 3 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
| 4 | Jane Pargeter sniffed and prodded with her toe at an imaginary stain in the carpet . |
| 5 | They outlined their plans at an initial workshop on ‘ Television and Worship ’ which was held in Lage Vuursche , Netherlands , 27 April-2 May . |
| 6 | In a surprise move the IPKF withdrew from Jaffna town on Jan. 27 , pitching their camp at an airfield some 20 km away . |
| 7 | Sally demanded , but a scarlet flush was creeping up her neck at an alarming rate and flooding her cheeks . |
| 8 | Peter Dominic is converting its Bottoms Up branches into spacious wine superstores with Hunter & Oliver , its attempt at an identikit wine merchant , about to hit the high street . |
| 9 | He was irritated by a piece of smut on her cheek and started to wipe it off , and then pretended he had been stroking her , because he saw her distress at an emotion that she had guessed with her usual impossible correctness . |
| 10 | Maybe that was why he had left things unresolved , their talk at an impasse . |
| 11 | Most of them are tilted in their orbits at an identical angle to Earth 's ( the exception being the inner and outer two planets ) , proving that they have all evolved together . |
| 12 | However , they are so often held back with comments such as ‘ you are too young ’ , ‘ we can not trust you ’ , ‘ your time will come ’ — time and time again I have heard the same complaint by those who have achieved their goals at an early age . |
| 13 | STARS & STRIPES became Stars & Gripes yesterday , as her crew made no attempt to conceal their disgust at an umpires ' decision which cost them their race against Bill Koch 's Kanza . |
| 14 | Some of the world 's finest quilt-makers are displaying their work at an annual show . |
| 15 | Renewed commitment to child welfare had the initial effect of inducing parents to desert their offspring at an even faster rate . |
| 16 | Critical rejection of her poetry at an early stage denied her an audience , but also brought her freedom to write on , unfettered by that audience 's demands or limitations . |
| 17 | They had four children and not much income and in those days believed like the rest of the middle class that they could only find a good education for their boy at an independent fee-paying school . |
| 18 | This was a good example , Dexter thought , of Blanche being unwilling to exclude someone from their investigation at an early stage so that they could concentrate their efforts . |
| 19 | An inquest has opened on a brilliant student found hanging in her room at an Oxford college . |
| 20 | She took off her gloves to blow her nose at an awards ceremony in Scotland , and flashed the sparkler to the 60 guests . |
| 21 | The use of the captions will need to be reasonably limited and , of course , the language level of their content at an appropriately low level . |
| 22 | The Fatherland Front ( the former umbrella organization of the BCP and the BZNS ) changed its name at an extraordinary congress on March 30-April 1 , 1990 , to the Fatherland Union in an attempt to avoid the " front-line sound " of its name . |
| 23 | Chapman had been convicted in her absence at an earlier hearing of abandoning the rat and causing unnecessary suffering to a domestic pet between October 23 and 29 at her former home in Streatham . |
| 24 | LESBIAN and gay delegates yesterday vented their anger at an attempt by the Labour leadership to abandon past conference calls to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from 21 to 16 . |
| 25 | At the end of a meeting in Weimar , Germany , on Aug. 29 the German , French and Polish Foreign Ministers issued a joint declaration stressing the importance of their co-operation at an historic point in European development and committing themselves to such trilateral meetings at least once year . |
| 26 | Helen received her prize at an awards ceremony at London Zoo from John Precious of Intervet . |
| 27 | A seven-member commission had the job of ranking the candidates on the basis of their scientific qualifications and on their performance at an oral examination consisting of a discussion of their scientific work and an academic lesson . |
| 28 | The tomb was robbed of its treasures at an early date but the paintings survived intact until their re-discovery in 1904 by Ernesto Schiaparelli . |
| 29 | Just as well , for with the state the country was in people would be wary of a stranger who 'd come knocking on their door at an hour when they might be warm and snug at the gates of dreamland . |
| 30 | The Executive Committee of this party may tender such advice as it deems necessary to the General Committee on the nominations found to be valid , and may suggest to the General Committee the manner in which they shall be dealt with provided that all valid nominations shall be placed before that body for its consideration at an ordinary meeting . |