Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I forwarded to him an estimate of the probable expence which I calculated at under £4000 with which sum I engaged to organize a party to keep the field for two years . |
| 2 | Quite unexpectedly , we found that there was another type of ganglion cell which we called the on-type directionally selective because , when plotting their receptive fields with a stationary spot , they only responded at onset , unlike the other type I have just illustrated which responded at both onset and offset ; we still do not understand the reason for this , but it led us to discover other differences . |
| 3 | By early December , however , even a 2,875 tonne fall in stocks failed to boost prices which stood at around $1,236 a tonne . |
| 4 | In Sussex William Earnley was the son of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; in contrast to most of his colleagues , who had at least £40 a year with an average of £100 , he had only £26 produced by a medley of very small properties , in addition to which he leased Cakehan manor from the bishop of Chichester . |
| 5 | COSTAIN 'S profits were never less than £55m during the second half of the booming 1980s and they peaked at nearly £90m . |
| 6 | His biographer attributes the protracted proceedings there to Hamo 's unwillingness to bribe the cardinals ( although it is clear that he retained at least Cardinal William Testa at the curia ) , as well as to the proliferation of other candidates with royal support . |
| 7 | He caused at least £67,000 in damage , Martin Rudland , prosecuting , told York Crown Court . |
| 8 | He said Gooch 's car became a lethal weapon as he raced at near 90mph speed , ‘ probably to show off . ’ |
| 9 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 10 | He knew at once Lee had taken it . |
| 11 | For example , throughout his boyhood days in Llangain he stayed at both Fern Hill and Blaencwm with his mother 's family . |