Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pleasantly surprised at how light the detector was , for when I have the free time to get out , I like to put as many hours in at a stretch as possible . |
| 2 | Erm , what happened was the cathedral council one light in at a cost of four hundred and fifty pounds but they could n't afford the second light , so we got some money from erm the residents who contributed some money , we got some money from the school and there was a shortfall of sixty six pounds thirty one pence for the total bill , so the chairman er . |
| 3 | They 've cut it down and agreed I pay the arrears back at a pound a week . |
| 4 | Although it was a large fire , she had never known it have more than one bar on at a time . |
| 5 | Cut the studs so that they are a snug push-fit between head and sole plate , then secure them by skew-nailing ( driving nails in at an angle ) |
| 6 | Eva had pretended she would have to do office work until after lunch on the Sunday , when in fact she had wanted to have lunch out at a cafe with a girlfriend . |
| 7 | The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running . |
| 8 | Bernard remembers Changi Jail as being a very austere place where a 24-hour guard duty would involve four hours on and four hours off at a time . |
| 9 | They do n't turn their nose up at a job for a lesser mag if their last assignment was for Elle or something . ’ |
| 10 | We had some little boys at the end there , throwing sticks up at a chestnut tree , or you know , |
| 11 | This time , after I 'd hung up , I laid the phone down at an angle to the receiver tits so he 'd get an engaged tone if he tried again . |
| 12 | Derive an expression for the maximum stored energy , W max considering that the dielectric breaks down at a field intensity Eb . |
| 13 | The night patrol was meant to come and turn the lights off at a quarter to ten , but sometimes they would n't turn up until eleven or half eleven . |
| 14 | Her left arm by her side , her right elbow out at an angle and her forearm shaking like a pneumatic drill . |
| 15 | These two effects cancel each other out at an altitude of about 25 kilometres . |
| 16 | As was noted at a recent conference ‘ Cooperatives are real work … not just a day out at a course ! ’ . |
| 17 | Usually , we also provide a free day out at a farm for the children . |
| 18 | SO HAPPY Cries of delight as Princess Diana gets a thorough soaking during a day out at a theme park with little Prince Harry |
| 19 | Ann-Marie , 16 , who was drunk when she took the wheel after a night out at a pub , had been inseparable from her cousin . |
| 20 | However , the charm of the city raised her spirits and her first impressions after a night out at an artists ' ball were fresh and delightful : ‘ You ca n't walk home at dawn in Paris , even two hundred yards . |
| 21 | There are two important cut-off points ; at a rate of above 10 ventricular ectopic beats per hour the mortality increases steeply to above 20% and plateaus out at a rate of 30 per hour associated with a 1-year mortality of 30% . |
| 22 | And since an expensive loaf caused havoc in St Jude 's and trouble in everybody 's weaving sheds , with demands for higher wages keeping profits down at a time when trade was far from good — when it would probably never rise again to the level of those early , heady days when the machines first came in — then Ben Braithwaite and his dinner guests had reason for their anxiety . |
| 23 | You will probably find it easiest to slide the mast in at an angle like this until the collar fits neatly underneath the mast gate . |
| 24 | I have n't taken more than a week off at a time and I need some rest . ’ |
| 25 | Now he reaches the Jabbok , and during the night crosses the rest of his entourage over at a ford . |
| 26 | The wash down would be done with one leg up at a time and an impatient queue waiting behind . |
| 27 | The first time she wore it , Nigel kept his coat on at a party so that he could hold the side out and cover the vision . |
| 28 | Hence there were a considerable number of able and committed prophets around at a time when the gospel they were spreading — a gospel of modernity — was one which their auditors were anxious to hear . |
| 29 | Barbra brought the house down at a California party when she sang her version of the classic ‘ It Had To Be You . ’ |
| 30 | Always prone to bronchitis , he had a slight chestiness , but was well enough to have his birthday dinner out at a restaurant . |