Example sentences of "[adv prt] at a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Ferguson , 25 , of Pelham Street , Hartlepool , was fined £100 and ordered to pay compensation of £117 to the woman driver of a car which he kicked as it slowed down at a road junction . |
| 2 | Derive an expression for the maximum stored energy , W max considering that the dielectric breaks down at a field intensity Eb . |
| 3 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 4 | A SPECIAL constable was shot dead at point-blank range and his colleague gunned down at a routine police check , an Old Bailey court heard yesterday . |
| 5 | There 's another one that works at erm down at a trailer place , is that Gary 's son ? |
| 6 | Sir Ralph ( he had been knighted by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 for raising money from commerce and industry to finance the activities of Conservative Central Office when in Opposition ) bought a coffee and sat down at a corner table . |
| 7 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 8 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 9 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 10 | She pulled in at a motorway service station and decided on lunch . |
| 11 | Call in at a Booking Agent . |
| 12 | For the first six months they have to live in at a training centre . |
| 13 | For the second time that night she slid silently in at a garden gate . |
| 14 | Eventually the Corporal gave me a cigarette , and in due course we pulled over at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee and to stretch our legs . |
| 15 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 17 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 18 | Around the south of Ithaka , stop off at a day anchorage for lunch and a swim , then into Port Vathi , capital of Ithaka . |
| 19 | But I 've stopped off at a street market on the way over for socks and shirts and thin garish underpants . |
| 20 | Even John Major , who is a friend of Wigley 's , turned up at a Plaid party a few years ago . |
| 21 | I sent her a brochure I had picked up at a travel agent , together with a bouquet of roses and a letter . |
| 22 | Leland Palmer ignores him , doing what all good rock'n'roll drivers do : pointing out the house where Robin Williams lives , pulling up at a liquor store , and drawing our attention to a woman with an exceptionally large arse riding a bike . |
| 23 | Jackson had been put up at a boarding house , to await the arrival of Herbert Chapman next morning . |
| 24 | HUNDREDS of young fans were left disappointed after they turned up at a video store to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger and found a lookalike instead . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Hundreds were able to pay their respects and express their condolences by turning up at a charity rugby match at Shiplake College , Berkshire , in aid of the Charlotte Starmer-Smith Memorial Fund which aims to purchase medical equipment for the treatment of blood diseases . |
| 27 | Liz won the chance to make a bungee jump after an equally brave feat — standing up at a karaoke night and singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree . |
| 28 | We had some little boys at the end there , throwing sticks up at a chestnut tree , or you know , |
| 29 | Eventually they end up at a reprocessing plant where they are ground into tiny flakes , washed and dried . |
| 30 | Only last week ( British Medical Journal , vol 286 , p 765 ) there was an account of two young lassies in Australia who had turned up at a health centre feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts . |