Example sentences of "[vb base] at an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vines grow at an altitude of between 140 and 240 metres , although those growing between 160 and 220 metres are the most successful . |
| 2 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 3 | And if you look at an insect walking , that 's exactly what it does . |
| 4 | MAKING TRACKS This month we look at an 8-track from Tascam , plus a rack-mountable tuner and the mysterously titled Power Tool … |
| 5 | Right , look at an exam paper . |
| 6 | The experiments are not particularly relevant to anything , they 're just experiments for experiment 's sake , one experiment illustrating a particular bit of theory ; it does n't do anything particularly useful , you just look at an oscilloscope and take some readings and hence you can demonstrate this bit of theory . |
| 7 | If we look at an array of words as a self-referential order , we may abstract certain regularities , such as rules of grammar , sentence construction , statistics on the relative frequencies of various letters , words , etc . |
| 8 | 2 Do n't run directly at any dog or owner — run at an angle and watch the dog . |
| 9 | I switch on the radio , open a newspaper or a magazine , glance at an advertisement — it all seems like madness to me . |
| 10 | Glance at an Atlas of the British Isles and you will surely spot the bulge of land that thrusts into the North Sea just below the Wash . |
| 11 | I stand at an easel to paint . |
| 12 | Add to that the landing fees ( if you train at an aerodrome that levies these ) and the usual books , maps and equipment , and you ought realistically to be able to come home with your PPL having cost about $6,600 . |
| 13 | Some councils have also set up local enterprise boards ( many of which are now organized on a regional basis ) which operate at an arms-length from the councils and are separate legal entities with a commitment to working with financial and commercial agencies to encourage local investment . |
| 14 | Progressing to the next century , we arrive at an edition which might well satisfy one of Sawyer and Dartoll 's criteria , that of beauty of production . |
| 15 | If the adventurers want to enter these rooms , they arrive at an entrance to location 49 ( see location key for areas 49–52 for more details ) . |
| 16 | First arrive at an estimate of the natural unemployment rate . |
| 17 | The kind of man you always find at an accident , full of information and pessimism . |
| 18 | The Moorings ' holidays offered through Caribbean Connection range from fully crewed charter to combined hotel and sailing holidays where you stay at an hotel on Tortola or St Lucia , either learning to sail or combining the pleasures of a beach holiday with sailing . |
| 19 | FLASHY drivers are expected to bid more than £2,000 for the registration number 123 GO at an auction in Edinburgh next month . |
| 20 | For your 1990 Speedbird brochure phone ( 24 hrs ) or call at an ABTA travel agent . |
| 21 | It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment ! |
| 22 | For good measure there are also bangles in a combination of either silver and rosewood or padouk and copper which are tastefully represent at an angle on neatly placed , shallow paper cones . |
| 23 | The pictures on the evening TV weather forecast come from the US NOAA satellites which orbit at an altitude of around 850 km . |