Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about ten or eleven at the time , but I had ‘ known ’ since I was about six . |
| 2 | In one particular case we find progressive assimilation of manner , when a word-initial follows a plosive or nasal at the end of a preceding word : it is very common to find that the C i becomes identical in manner to the C f but with dental place of articulation . |
| 3 | Mrs Margery Teasdale , of Guisborough , remembers the operas put on by Tippett , even though she was only seven or eight at the time . |
| 4 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 5 | We probably know quite a lot of people who are taking exams of one sort or another at the moment . |
| 6 | The 100 consecutive patients were all Tanner stage 1 or 2 at the time of diagnosis . |
| 7 | The term ’ provisional sum ’ is defined as ’ a sum provided for work or for costs which can not be entirely foreseen , defined or detailed at the time the tendering documents are issued ’ . |
| 8 | So that was er that was how and I was in I was I was at Well I think I was about nineteen er eighteen or nineteen at the time you know . |
| 9 | Brushes do last fairly well , but the little plastic discs need replacing when they get torn or jagged at the edges . |
| 10 | The other large grey goose , much darker , especially on head , neck and forewing than Greylag ; bill rather longer , either all orange-yellow , or orange-yellow at the tip and blackish at the base : legs orange . |
| 11 | Styles became more back-comby bouffantish and rock-hard lacquered as smooth held sway , then the loose , fairly full on top but very long & layered at the back & sides cut of later '70/'71 . |
| 12 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 13 | ‘ We were nine or ten at the time . |
| 14 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 15 | Anyone who is 71 years old or older at the date of the accident . |
| 16 | Choose plants that should reach the desired height without becoming bare or ragged at the base ( this can be a problem with berberis ) . |
| 17 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 18 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 19 | Then one evening — I must have been 12 or 13 at the time — we were driving back from visiting my nan in Kent . |
| 20 | Twenty per cent of them were aged 7 when first abused , 40% were 12 or 13 at the time . |
| 21 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |
| 22 | Spirits in both cars were high , Margaret scenting battle , her guards taking what pleasure they could from the prospect of a day or two at the seaside . |
| 23 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |
| 24 | Often , unable to bear leaving the dress until the next night , Constance would get up after Nora had closed the door and , placing her dressing gown at its foot so that no light would show , spend another hour or two at the work she loved . |
| 25 | A day or two at the beginning , a day or two between Regions and again a day or two at the end of the visit should cover these needs . |
| 26 | They had been invited to spend a week or two at the country house of Mr Josiah Barnet , a banker on Wall Street , whom Mr Carson had met in the course of business . |
| 27 | Lady Dedlock staying at the Hotel Bristol , Place Vendôme , is ‘ bored to death ’ there ( a Parisian Sunday described : people ‘ playing with children among the clipped trees and the statues in the [ Tuileries ] Palace Garden ; walking , a score abreast , in the Elysian Fields , made more Elysian by performing dogs and wooden houses ; between whiles filtering ( a few ) through the gloomy Cathedral of our Lady , to say a word or two at the base of a pillar , within flare of a rusty little gridiron full of gusty little tapers ’ ) , BH 12 . |
| 28 | After a month or two at the wheel , the BMW had become completely transparent to me . |
| 29 | He stood for a moment or two at the spot where Francis 's body had been found . |
| 30 | The receiver is so powerful that it can only be a matter of a minute or two at the outside before the signal is received . |