Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 2 | ‘ Thing is , Barbs barged in at an inconvenient moment when my brothers were moving some stuff into my place , and they came over all paranoid and looked at her very old-fashioned , and while I know they would n't do anything to her , now she 's gone missing I ca n't help wondering . |
| 3 | As the Cheshires sped away , soldiers in one of the Land Rovers leaped out at a road block to take up positions in a ditch and provide covering fire with their SA80 automatic rifles . |
| 4 | The steel tracks ground along at a steady rate , flattening glorious highly-finned autos , scattering pedestrians and levelling lampposts . |
| 5 | The generator revved up and down , providing power to the automatic launcher ; it had some sort of randomly set variation built into where it was aiming because the clays came out at a different angle and heading each time . |
| 6 | DOZENS of rock fans were arrested when fights broke out at a Guns N' Roses US concert . |
| 7 | The profits averaged out at a quarter of a million pounds per partner . |
| 8 | In Banstead , the black Jaguars stopped abruptly at a zebra crossing to allow three rastas and their large mother to cross the road . |
| 9 | Her maids stood off at a slight distance , amongst the trees , talking quietly amongst themselves and pretending not to watch her , but she knew they were as inquisitive as she . |
| 10 | Dorcas prodded vaguely at a wire . |
| 11 | FIREMEN and police turned up at a house in Bracknell , Herts , with sirens blaring after Nibbles the hamster became trapped under the bath . |
| 12 | ‘ How do you do ? ’ she said shyly , since both women seemed momentarily at a loss for words . |
| 13 | Plainly there are different degrees of misbehaviour and the partners will not readily resort to the extreme sanction of expulsion , but it is in the interests of the firm that a tendency to depart from proper professional standards be investigated and warnings handed down at an early stage before serious harm is done . |
| 14 | When talks broke down at a Leeds hotel last week , Wilkinson told both players to go home and think over his offer , but Andersson 's later outburst left the Leeds manager fuming . |
| 15 | Agnes 's plucked eyebrows shot up at an odd angle . |
| 16 | When dealings opened on June 18 , shares traded initally at a premium of up to 23 per cent . |