Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] at an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION … |
| 2 | He had been picked out at an identification parade only after his photograph had been shown to the prosecution witnesses — three criminals who got shorter sentences for helping the police . |
| 3 | Computer operator Wightman , based in Marylebone , was picked out at an identity parade . |
| 4 | At the top of the fire-back the filling is smoothed off at an angle of about 45° . |
| 5 | A SET of race ace Nigel Mansell 's tyres are to be sold off at an auction next month for Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital in London . |
| 6 | He indicated an upright armchair drawn up at an angle to his desk , to which he now returned . |
| 7 | Firstly the side rail joints are set out at an angle as the seat increases in width towards the front . |