Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 2 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 3 | Not long after that blow to the ego , I turned up at a studio to do a commercial . |
| 4 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 5 | I get up at a rather late hour . |
| 6 | ‘ I get up at a quarter-to-five most mornings . |
| 7 | I called in at a Sainsbury 's to buy some essential items . |
| 8 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
| 9 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 11 | I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run . |
| 12 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 13 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 14 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 15 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 16 | Last summer I was down in London on business and … er … it happened that , by chance … through some friends , I ended up at a party given by … er … well , some people in Holland Park . |
| 17 | The inspectorate in 1990 could only visit , according to the Low Pay Review , some 7 per cent of firms , which averages out at a visit every 14 years . |
| 18 | There were further rattles of machine-gun fire and Rex found himself looking up at a troubled sky . |
| 19 | Grant found himself looking up at an attractive dark haired nurse . |
| 20 | We have setpiece debates on the European Community budget — we had one in only 90 minutes last week , which worked out at a rate of about half a billion pounds per minute of our debate . |
| 21 | Also looking at walking axes have been Grivel , who 've come up with the Air Tech , which weighs in at a gobsmacking 460g . |
| 22 | Unlike building model aeroplanes or playing computer games , you can consume the finished product , which works out at a cost of 10p a pint . |
| 23 | According to recent reports , there is £8bn outstanding on credit cards in the UK , which works out at an average of between £350 and £400 on each card in issue with an interest rate of about 26 per cent a year . |
| 24 | Bloomsbury House sent them to help out at a hostel . |
| 25 | Someone who turns up at an occasion which is known to be an ordeal for him communicates information whether he wishes to or not . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | On Necromunda , so it is said , you grow up at an early age . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! |
| 30 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |