Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb past] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bad news is that there were two hundred and thirteen thousand pounds ' worth of non- recurring income items to reach that and this means that the Association 's routine activities ran at a deficit of twenty thousand pounds or thereabouts . |
| 2 | Our afternoon lessons began at a quarter-to-two , and if the express did not run on time , I ran the risk of being late for roll call . |
| 3 | A woman in the Northeast involved in a campaign to improve colliery houses arrived at a lodge meeting with material on the houses for the members . |
| 4 | August 24 : Cannabis plants discovered at a house in Rugby Avenue , Bangor . |
| 5 | Three women in nylon overalls sat at a table eating the food they had prepared for the canteen lunch . |
| 6 | The broking scandals came at a time when the Japanese government was already under pressure , both at home and abroad , to improve the supervision of its financial markets , to make insider trading illegal , and simultaneously to allow foreign institutions a greater degree of involvement in the domestic securities markets . |