Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] at an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 3 February 1945 he wrote ‘ I have just bought the Moussorgsky records Pictures at an exhibition . |
| 2 | The local vectors discussed in Section 3.3 can be expressed in terms of a set of basis vectors , drawn along the local space–time coordinate directions at an event P. Here the subscript , indicates that this basis vector points in the µ direction . |
| 3 | As Sikes , Measor and Woods have found in their life history interviews with secondary teachers , many teachers regard examinations not as a constraint but as a resource for motivating pupils at an age when their enthusiasm for school might otherwise be waning . |
| 4 | Section 339 , concerning transactions at an undervalue , provides : |
| 5 | A distinguished backing band , including Dave Edmunds and Presley 's one-time guitarist , James Burton , knocked out a few appropriate standards while a video crew wandered about on the stage shining lights at an audience that had not paid to be treated as studio extras . |
| 6 | But research shows that it is possible , simply by asking questions at an interview , to establish a person 's goals in this area . |
| 7 | The importance of doing courses at an institution closer to home is not surprising when one considers adults are likely to have commitments which limit their ability to travel long distances or stay away from home . |
| 8 | He once told Earl delightedly that he had spotted Abrams at an airport but Abrams ( perceptiveness not his strong suit ) had not spotted him , and that ‘ his tradecraft of observing was better than Elliott 's ’ Secret agents carried gadgets with which they could speak to headquarters from the most unlikely places ; once , at a party , North was said to have produced a scrambler-telephone from his briefcase , together with a half-eaten sandwich , and to have gone out into the garden to dial the house . |
| 9 | Gazza 's condition had baffled experts at an animal sanctuary but now they say he could soon be just as spiny as any other hedgehog . |
| 10 | Several years ago they could offer mortgages at an interest rate of roughly 4% , fixed for an initial period of four years . |
| 11 | In addition to this , he thought it might be possible to work with a sympathetic artist in a good studio , and perhaps take lessons at an academy . |