Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 2 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 3 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 4 | I get up at a rather late hour . |
| 5 | ‘ I get up at a quarter-to-five most mornings . |
| 6 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
| 7 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |
| 8 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 9 | You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! |
| 10 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 11 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 13 | We put in at a very tiny stream that would lead to the main waterway . |
| 14 | We look in at a window . |
| 15 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 16 | We 're early , so we call in at a pub . |
| 17 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 18 | Then they set off at a run , Jim and Louise leading the way , Jube pounding along behind them . |
| 19 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 20 | Eventually they end up at a reprocessing plant where they are ground into tiny flakes , washed and dried . |
| 21 | And they go down at a bit at a time or it 'll go all the way down . |
| 22 | They help out at a number of horse shows , provide the guard of honour for the Carriage Society at Hampton Court and are the only civilian unit allowed on Horse Guards Parade . |
| 23 | I stay a few feet behind , watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old 's pace . |
| 24 | With your neck if it come out at a forty that 'll be fine wo n't it ? |