Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , you could have put that scene he made on at a theatre in the West End and charged for tickets , I reckon . |
| 2 | They rode on at an easy trot , eating up the ground , until finally Murtach said in disgust : ‘ Bragad 's lady — out for a ride , it seems , with five of her husband 's escort for company . ’ |
| 3 | The bridal couple got down at a tiny village of low mud houses . |
| 4 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 5 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 6 | Daughter Laura weighed in at a healthy 61b 4oz . |
| 7 | The windows of the car were open and they hummed along at a steady cruising speed meeting very little traffic . |
| 8 | The steel tracks ground along at a steady rate , flattening glorious highly-finned autos , scattering pedestrians and levelling lampposts . |
| 9 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 10 | Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . |
| 11 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 12 | On the way home we stopped off at an alcohol centre and had a pint . |
| 13 | Outside its gate a battered estate-car was parked ; Maud drew up at a distance , and together they walked in . |
| 14 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 15 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 16 | Across the road a bus drew up at a stop . |
| 17 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 18 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 19 | White , 46 , who helped out at a holiday for the disabled near Farnham , Surrey , fondled the girls — dressed as a bunny and a baby — following the end-of-camp party . |
| 20 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 21 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 22 | The blade came down at an angle on my first finger , but chopped straight through the rest . |
| 23 | WILLIAMS ) came in at a run from the " Coriolanus " matin e e , still in his toga , and just made his position in time . ] |
| 24 | Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace . |
| 25 | with unusual curtness and drove off at a speed which suggested that Darren was about to enjoy a gratifyingly exciting ride . |
| 26 | As they left the turn the French paddled off at a tangent and tried to run the Romanians into the landing pontoon in front of all the VIPs . |
| 27 | He walked back , around the huge tyres , and squinted up at a long , high tube that stretched from the building . |
| 28 | Anyway he came up to London , she went to London to be a nanny to this woman with three kids like , you know , two babies and a an older one and she said he came up at a time , he said , sorry , you know , got ta finish he 's got this girl pregnant ! |
| 29 | The road fizzled out at a gate plastered with fire hazard warnings , leading onto the moor itself . |
| 30 | Socialist Sweden came out at a hefty $27.10 . |