Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that when Greg Hocking , after an evening marking essays , came in at nine-fifteen for a good night pint , his friend the landlord said : ‘ Your old girls have been at it today . ’ |
| 2 | Physical decay is setting in at 38 for Duran and 33 for Leonard , yet in the most hazardous of sports they persist , in the fashion of the times , in trying to defy the ageing process . |
| 3 | ‘ I expected you in at 5 for your tea . |
| 4 | The bookmakers clearly believe Salsabil has the speed to win the 1,000 Guineas , William Hill putting her in at 16-1 for the Newmarket Classic . |
| 5 | The price-earnings ratio for the larger software companies was 24.7 against just 15.1 for smaller companies , while total market capitalisation to turnover came in at 1.24 for large and 1.11 for small companies . |
| 6 | But the evenings were sacrosanct : we all knocked off at six for a happy hour round the fire with our drinks in winter and on the sun terrace in the summer . |
| 7 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |
| 8 | These time-fused torpedoes fired , Micky Wynn set off at 0230 for the sea down river , while Commander Ryder moved into midstream to check the position , coming between the wrecks — five MLs were now blazing hulks — to within 250 yards ( 230m ) of the Mole 's batteries as Able Seaman Savage and his mate , AB F.A . |
| 9 | Plus , while I had to get up at eight for Whiteleys . |
| 10 | He failed to turn up at all for one match , though discretion prevailed and that misdemeanour never got into the papers . |
| 11 | Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that . |