Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 2 | The branch road from Dent joins in at a bridge and the hamlet of Cowgill , once a parish in its own right , is immediately beyond : here is a church built in 1873 , a converted school , the pleasant residence and gardens of Cowgill Grange and an isolated terrace of cottages . |
| 3 | It will be intriguing to see how Brecht 's play stands up at a time when Communism is loosening its ideological hold . |
| 4 | There are few spatial experiences in this country to rank beside that sudden sideways shift from the masculine world of military triumphs and smiling shepherdesses on the Doric frieze of the Royal Fort 's entrance hall into the amazing feminine world of willow-pattern fantasy that swirls up at an angle in the great stairwell . |
| 5 | The skunk has a pair of these glands and not only can it vary the strength of each jet according to the side from which you approach but it is even able to twist the nozzle of the gland so that the spray shoots out at an angle . |
| 6 | It sounds quite Jack Bruce-y in fact , with a pronounced ‘ honky ’ mid , which I actually quite like because it cuts through at a gig . ’ |
| 7 | A well-known alcoholic who unexpectedly turns up at a cocktail party may inadvertently communicate the fact that his sessions with AA have given him newfound confidence in his self-control . |
| 8 | Someone who turns up at an occasion which is known to be an ordeal for him communicates information whether he wishes to or not . |
| 9 | He takes over at a time when latest figures show Gloucestershire with the fasting rising crime rate in the country . |
| 10 | Mr Clerides takes over at a time when the international community is showing impatience with lack of progress towards a Cyprus settlement . |
| 11 | ‘ Pity it stares out at a row of other houses . ’ |
| 12 | Every Sunday he turns out at a hall on a council scheme in Edinburgh to play 5-a-side football with his friends , trying by his own admission to re-live some of the opportunities he missed when he left Carrick Vale Secondary School at 15 to pursue a professional football career in London . |
| 13 | The inspectorate in 1990 could only visit , according to the Low Pay Review , some 7 per cent of firms , which averages out at a visit every 14 years . |
| 14 | From the roadside a short distance west of Blindbeck Bridge , a cart track branches off at a tangent and climbs easily to the shallow depression between Barbon Low Fell and Barbon High Fell , having the stream ( named as Aygill by the Ordnance Survey and as Barkin Gill by the caving fraternity ) away on the left . |
| 15 | Frédéric peers in at a window . |
| 16 | ‘ With E-mail it zips through at a fraction of the cost , and such a system also eliminates many of the difficulties associated with operating in different time zones . ’ |
| 17 | His book comes out at a time when anyone who shares his concerns may be feeling particularly down-hearted . |
| 18 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 19 | Unlike building model aeroplanes or playing computer games , you can consume the finished product , which works out at a cost of 10p a pint . |
| 20 | That works out at a dollar an hour which is less than the federal minimum wage . ’ |
| 21 | Moderator that works out at a contribution of seventy five pence per minute towards the actual cost of our operation of forty pounds and twenty three pence per minute . |
| 22 | And when you consider that those prices include a £5 donation to The Spastics Society , the music works out at a fiver per CD or cassette ! |
| 23 | According to recent reports , there is £8bn outstanding on credit cards in the UK , which works out at an average of between £350 and £400 on each card in issue with an interest rate of about 26 per cent a year . |
| 24 | All this comes about at a time when the future of GMAG is under review . |