Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 2 | ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time . |
| 3 | I was fortunate to grow up at a time when imperial measurements were generally used , but science was special in being both imperial and metric . |
| 4 | Now the deal looks likely to go through at a whopping $7.5 billion , about $110 a share . |
| 5 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 6 | Clients unable to break even , let alone to sell out at a profit , found themselves locked in . |
| 7 | It is very distressing to find out at a later date that you have made a mistake which can cost you dearly . |
| 8 | She checks daily that her changing bag is filled with essential and spare clothes and leaves it permanently packed in the hall ready to pick up at a moment 's notice so she 's never caught unprepared . |
| 9 | His oarsmen held his great galley back off the beach , ready to leave again at a word as Eachuinn Odhar leaped thigh-deep to surge ashore , energetic and agile almost as in his youth , and much more dangerous . |
| 10 | They did n't give a damn for what we call reason , they were liable to act wickedly at a moment 's notice . |
| 11 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |