Example sentences of "[noun pl] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a number of break-ins at a Darlington shop a sharp-eyed witness contacted the police with details of a car spotted nearby . |
| 2 | After a number of break-ins at a Darlington shop a sharp-eyed witness contacted the police with details of a car which had been spotted nearby . |
| 3 | It was noted earlier that some physics students had had difficulty choosing between science and arts at A level , and these students , like those who had interests such as reading or music , were usually more broad-minded than those who had always regarded themselves as scientists ; for example |
| 4 | Part of the explanation is that artificial selection changes only a few characteristics at a time , whereas in nature many changes occur simultaneously . |
| 5 | From the Cape comes wool , skins , fruit etc. etc. , while from France we often get 3,000 sacks of chestnuts at a time . |
| 6 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |
| 7 | Thunder singer Danny , at No. 25 with Low Life In High Places , was booked to perform to 50,000 fans at a stadium in Rio De Janeiro . |
| 8 | Among the worst incidents were serious clashes between rival fans at a World Cup qualifying match between the Netherlands and West Germany in Rotterdam in April 1989 and the abandonment of an international club fixture in September in Amsterdam after the goalkeeper from the visiting team had been hit by an iron rod . |
| 9 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 10 | REFUGEE CHILDREN WAVE FROM THEIR CHALETS AT A HOLIDAY CAMP IN DOVERCOURT PHOTO : WIENER LIBRARY |
| 11 | Along with another family , we will be staying in small chalets at a conference centre , not far from the church where the rest of the group will stay . |
| 12 | Separate the laminates ( I glued six legs at a time ) . |
| 13 | Anna stayed in the paddock , and her only contact with people was when she was chased into a yard and chute for worming and branding , or else had two legs at a time strapped up to facilitate an occasional trimming of her hooves . |
| 14 | Fold back the ear flap , and briskly pull out one or two hairs at a time , in the direction of growth . |
| 15 | Yesterday , Prof Pikas outlined his methods at a seminar in Dundee to teachers , psychologists and the bullying and truancy team which starts operating in the summer . |
| 16 | ‘ We are trying to minimise pollution and improve quality by keeping the use of pesticides at a minimum . ’ |
| 17 | My colleagues thought it an impracticable plan and that it would put British manufacturers at a disadvantage — unless such measures could be introduced worldwide . |
| 18 | Some companies make lifts that fit on to curved stairways or have automatic platforms that bridge the difference between the two steps at a platform landing . |
| 19 | He loped upstairs two steps at a time . |
| 20 | Yelling the news to Douglas , who was swording with Sir Walter Comyn , Ramsay dashed through the struggling mass of men back for the stairway , Down he raced , two steps at a time , and out again into the night . |
| 21 | I felt my way along , a few steps at a time , and every time I heard a voice or a footstep I stopped dead , clinging to whatever bit of masonry was under my hand and almost cowering with fright . |
| 22 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 23 | Sometimes we crunched across crystalline ice , or slid tiny steps at a time over glass ice , so we created shiny black footprints in the dusting of snow . |
| 24 | Then someone she did like , Mr. Middlemass , the Document Examiner , with his jacket slung over his shoulders , leaping up the stairs three steps at a time and calling out a greeting to the desk . |
| 25 | There is an escalator of only five steps at a Tokyo metro station which is a good example of a Tomason . |
| 26 | They 're just so much pornography and none of us turn up our noses at a bit of that now and then . |
| 27 | Turbulent Italian passions leave the sedate Edwardians at a loss and create an oppressive sense of melodrama . |
| 28 | The alienation of king and archbishop gave added significance to long-standing grievances at a time when by protecting Eardwulf 's enemies the archbishop was allying himself against the king . |
| 29 | The Bureaux , which has more than 300 staff , mostly volunteers , is to computerise all its local offices at a cost of around £200,000 . |
| 30 | Another aspect of the disregard for the feelings of the unemployed was the reduction in the number of mainstream staff in DSS offices at a time when the number of claimants was rising . |