Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] at a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace , lunches were longer and boozier and I was far , far happier . |
| 2 | Questioned , Swayne stated that the animal had been let out at approximately 9.30 on Saturday evening and was crying to be let in at a little before midnight . |
| 3 | But he could not have come back at a more opportune time as far as Selkirk are concerned . |
| 4 | However , our descriptive task will be more difficult , as it involves dealing with greater complexity of variation than would be the case in more focused communities , and it has to be carried out at a very fine-grained level . |
| 5 | In other words , will workers in the future be increasingly herded together in large factories or offices belonging to even larger corporations or will there be a shift towards work being carried out at a more local level within small groups , perhaps operating as independent companies , partnerships , or co-operatives ? |
| 6 | For the first since Burns Supper were held in the hall we had to cancel as two main speakers called off at a very late stage . |
| 7 | For the first since Burns Supper were held in the hall we had to cancel as two main speakers called off at a very late stage . |
| 8 | Who were brought in at a very level . |
| 9 | But in the past five years the economy has been pulled along at an even faster pace than that merited by its industrial over-achievers . |
| 10 | But if the British Barlow Clowes operation had been within the licensing net , it is more likely that the Department of Trade would have found out at a much earlier stage that Mr Peter Clowes was running a parallel offshore operation — first in Jersey and then in Gibraltar . |
| 11 | I think we have gone in at a very sensible price , and I am sure the other contractors did . |
| 12 | erm We saw the beginning of the factory , industrialization , big manufacturers where lots of people worked and where cloth could be churned out at a very fast rate , and therefore , cloth was cheaper . |