Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common mistake is to try to use lift on the way back instead of gliding on through it at a sensible speed . |
| 2 | He ordered a pastis for himself and a pineau de Charentes for Sabine , then sat down with her at a table in the corner . |
| 3 | Close to it at a March meeting in 1585 accusations of a theft of some Scottish spurs and counter-accusations of ‘ a pretended matter beforehand ’ began to fly to and fro , until without warning someone on the Scottish side shot and killed Russell . |
| 4 | When she had picked up all her parcels and disentangled the umbrella from the bonnet of a fierce-looking old lady , she went up to them at a more decorous pace , and joined in their unfeeling laughter . |
| 5 | A THEATRICAL lady doctor tripped up to me at a party in Covent Garden this week and told me she had phoned a film producer friend and asked how he was . |
| 6 | ‘ Take him down below the three flights of hurdles , ’ Tremayne said , ‘ then bring him up over them at a useful pace . |
| 7 | So w we 're not charging out for them at a high enough rate . |
| 8 | Ten whole words out of you at a stretch ! |
| 9 | KRRS alleges that foreign seed companies buy seed from farmers , treat it and sell it back to them at a hefty profit . |
| 10 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 11 | ‘ And I reckon it 's right — ’ I pulled a map from my pocket , spread it upon my desk and whacked my finger down on to it at a very particular spot ‘ — here . ’ |
| 12 | When they reached the base of the steep drop into the valley , they spotted Bob Lamb striding out ahead of them at a brisk pace . |
| 13 | Yet , unfortunately this positive role so often gets lost in the way we have described earlier , with people just not understanding what is going on around them at a time when it could provide them with so much support . |
| 14 | I was n't allowed to go anywhere near them at a time when I most needed reassuring . |