Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certificates were awarded to the 63 girls who all passed at a variety of levels in the recent exams . |
| 2 | The Germans naturally excelled at a style developed by themselves ; most commonly this was a simplification of Gothic features . |
| 3 | Cells were washed twice in Eagle 's minimum essential medium containing 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and 20 mmol/l hidsoxyethylpiperazine-ethanesulphonic acid ( HEPES ) and then finally resuspended at a concentration of 1.5×10 cells/ml in the same medium to which 0.1 mmol/l 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine ( IBMX ) had been added . |
| 4 | He finally arrived at a compromise with her , which was that he could have three independent , non-civil servant , advisers . |
| 5 | We finally arrived at a figure of two hundred and fifty pounds and he was perfectly agreeable . ’ |
| 6 | His reign thus began at a moment when , as a result of defeat and financial stress , the difficulties which now faced the monarchy were beginning to be all too visible . |
| 7 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 8 | For example , the Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 instanced above stood at a price of £103 ( £103.09375 ) at the close of business on Friday 28 February , 1992 when the running yield could be derived as follows : |
| 9 | The chances are that , if you were all given a lot of time to write each essay without your notes and you just sat at a desk and had about three hours on each question , you 'd all do very well . |
| 10 | It was not the existence of the risk which mattered , so much as ( a ) the degree to which it enhanced the prejudice already created by the great publicity which all these matters had attracted in Hong Kong during the preceding years , and ( b ) the degree to which this additional risk could be neutralised by the trial judge when the B.M.F.L. prosecution eventually arrived at a hearing : see Reg. v. Kray ( 1969 ) 53 Cr.App.R. 412 . |
| 11 | PEKING yesterday bristled at a decision by Hong Kong to allow a top Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who sought political asylum in the West , to travel to the United States . |
| 12 | It was not difficult for Lewis to find his way to the Kemps ' home in Cherwell Lodge , the ground-floor flat on the extreme right of the three-storey building , since it was the only window in the whole street , let alone the block of flats , wherein electric light still blazed at a quarter to one that morning . |
| 13 | ‘ Paheri never once looked at a woman , though of course by thirteen we were hoping to match him . |
| 14 | She also helped at a Brownie Pack and was a volunteer mini-bus driver for children with special needs . |
| 15 | In reflection , Nicholson remembers that apart from the task of writing a film about a new subject on which there was very little in the way of written research material , it also came at a time when he was going through his divorce . |
| 16 | Pre-tax margins also trailed at a median 6.4% rate against the FTSE 's 11.1% . |
| 17 | He also hinted at a release of a new machine next year . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , we originally started at a place outside o ’ town , called Glencogh . |
| 19 | Apocalypse Now appeared at a time when the political climate in America was shifting to the right , resulting in Reagan 's victory in the 1980 presidential elections . |
| 20 | Much the same colour red , in fact , as in the county 's utterly essential new flag , gloriously unveiled at a county council press conference in November . |
| 21 | He grinned at her , then swished at a shrub with his cane and asked , with studied casualness , ‘ And will you stay here at Bishopstow ? |
| 22 | But in 1983–7 the real ( volume ) increase in funds first fell to zero , then fell absolutely , then rose at a rate lower than 1 per cent — that is less than the increasing trend to an ageing population required to sustain standards ( Kings Fund Institute , 1988 ; Owens and Glennerster , 1990 ) . |
| 23 | The arm hovered before the bookcase and then darted at a book end and retrieved a bound diary . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |
| 25 | He then worked at a Salmon Farm near Fort William before joining Douglas Reyburn , where he now concentrates on new developments and quality control . |
| 26 | At the meeting I reported on the position of the gathering health service dispute and we then looked at a number of other pay issues . |
| 27 | She turned to go then paused at a shout from the foreman . |
| 28 | Dynamic equilibrium within the fracture system was apparently maintained until 14 December 1991 , when the magma pressure exceeded the lithostatic stresses and the eruption began briefly at the summit end of the fracture , then continued at a bocca further down . |
| 29 | A Roman treasure recently discovered at a building site at Ladenburg , is now on public display in the new Archäologische Landesmuseum , housed in a converted monastery of the former benedictine order of Petershausen , following conservation . |
| 30 | He had an idea that he would find himself another flat , and he actually called at a number of agencies in the Bayswater area and asked for their lists . |