Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many times while going to school have I grasped at a wall or tree to recall myself from this abyss of idealism to the reality . |
| 2 | Er how much of the money you 've spent , what proportion , all , most of the total , about half or less than half the total have you spent at a shop . |
| 3 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |
| 4 | Two of the Bernard brothers first saw her seated at a bar drinking , whilst apparently listening to her male companion who was talking to her , quietly and seriously and in an unobtrusive manner . |
| 5 | The earliest experiment in New Jersey suggested that the reduction in working hours produced by relatively high tax rates was small — a 0.5-per-cent reduction in hours worked by men who received a cash supplement and had it withdrawn at a 50-per-cent tax rate . |
| 6 | He designed Horbury 's elegant Parish Church of St Peter and St Leonard , with its distinctive six-stage tower and had it built at a cost to himself of £8,000 in 1790–1794 . ’ |