Example sentences of "[noun pl] [indef pn] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 2 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 3 | The instructor should distribute Handout 13 , then go through the steps one at a time using the details in the text and asking the trainees to complete exercises where necessary . |
| 4 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 5 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 6 | The drunken voice of Officer Cecil informed him that he and his fellows were taking the calls one at a time . |
| 7 | Cool pastry for 5mins , then beat in eggs one at a time until mixture is firm , glossy and elastic . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher as Prime Minister has occasional meetings with committee officers , taking committees one at a time . |
| 9 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |
| 10 | It sometimes helps to deal with problems one at a time , so the goals seem attainable . |
| 11 | ‘ If you 'd care to raise your hands , we 'll take questions one at a time . |
| 12 | Ask your questions one at a time . |
| 13 | You must do the needles one at a time — no short cuts ! |
| 14 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |
| 15 | The Head of Department then went through the objectives one at a time and satisfied the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) and the Director of Studies that , with different emphases , the objectives were all subsumed in the 3 criteria for the assessment of pupils ' work . |
| 16 | Cold setting was carried out by selecting the characters one at a time and placing them in a compositor 's stick . |
| 17 | The principal method of investigation is to show people sentences one at a time on a computer screen and measure the time it takes to understand a sentence . |
| 18 | You can go through the points one at a time . |
| 19 | This is a job if I do n't lose it , feeding my dog beans one at a time . |
| 20 | ( vi ) Touch the grids one at a time , to different regions of the surface of the spread . |
| 21 | ‘ A man like you prefers his women one at a time , eh ? ’ |
| 22 | Peel , halve and core them and place them in a saucepan … cover with the wine and a broken cinnamon stick and heat until barely simmering … wash the monkfish and pat dry with kitchen paper … just as the liquid begins to caramelise , add the lemon juice and stir vigorously … reduced to a quarter of its original volume … add the cubes one at a time … thread the piece of monkfish … reserving the liquid … baste the fruit continuously … intersperse with pears … hand the sauce separately … |
| 23 | The techniques of control used in contingency tables involved literally holding a variable constant by considering its categories one at a time . |
| 24 | I shall take these categories one at a time , and simply state what deictic terms or elements occur in them ; but it must always be remembered that every item depends on its use within certain contexts and under certain conditions . |
| 25 | If electrons are sent through the slits one at a time , one would expect each to pass through one slit or the other , and so behave just as if the slit it passed through were the only one there — giving a uniform distribution on the screen . |