Example sentences of "[verb] at a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least that generation knows how to behave at a first night … ’ |
| 2 | Pictured looking at a first edition of Mansfield Park are , back row : |
| 3 | Then it goes on to look at a second play , B , and the replies to that . |
| 4 | Would millions of people tramp across the hills to look at a twentieth century Broadway Tower ? |
| 5 | We have then to look at a third area of asymmetry , directly connected with qualitative changes in the means of cultural production . |
| 6 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , pointing at a first floor window where a light gleamed faintly . |
| 7 | Speaking at a 40th anniversary dinner for Lurgan Rotarians in Belfast last night , the Minister said contacts with the parties were continuing ‘ at various levels . ’ |
| 8 | They had been staying at a 16th century chateau near Compeigne . |
| 9 | ( This may be done on the spot or brought at a second visit . ) |
| 10 | They had arrived at a first floor landing . |
| 11 | These issues were due to be investigated at a second trial , to start on Jan. 14 , 1991 , when the senior financiers Roger Seeling , David Mayhew and Lord Spens were to stand trial for accepting the money . |
| 12 | They had hardly digested the import of what they had seen when still more flames appeared at a third window . |
| 13 | Because of the significant skill differential between insiders and outsiders , insiders can be treated at a first approximation as monopolists . |
| 14 | Progress was recorded at a second round of discussions between the transitional government and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front ( FPR ) on Aug. 10-18 in Arusha , Tanzania . |
| 15 | One patient had stones cleared at a third stage , two patients had the remaining fragments removed at cholecystoscopy , and one patient by percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 16 | They consisted of an elaborate sequence of libations poured into a large vessel on an altar between two double-axes mounted on painted pyramidal bases ; grave-goods were dedicated to the sheepskin-draped statue of a god in front of another altar ; offerings of food and drink were dedicated at a third altar set up in front of a sacred tree shrine ; music was played and an ox and two goats were sacrificed . |
| 17 | Thus , threats to cause bodily harm to the complainant other than those involving a weapon are not included , although such threats will suffice if they are aimed at a third party . |