Example sentences of "at [adv] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | This election is important , but at 10pm last Thursday I was grateful to Ronnie Barker and a rerun of Porridge . |
2 | Anyone who enjoys this repertoire is likely to find this an attractive disc — not perhaps , as gemütlich as one would like in the Viennese numbers , but certainly possessing a certain straightforward charm of its own , even if at only 50 minutes it 's somewhat underfilled . |
3 | At approximately 1,500 feet I opened my eyes again and to my joy realised that I was very much lower down . |
4 | At 11pm that night we left Terry helping the barman , George , ( who was to become his close friend ) , and Becky asleep whilst we visited the Grotto . |
5 | At fairly quiet volumes I love the processed distortion sounds , but find that when I crank the volume up the sound becomes more brittle , with less definition between fast-picked notes . |
6 | However , conditions for the time of the year seemed favourable and I was in hopeful mood as I rowed carefully out on the meadow side to a drop-off at about 70 yards I knew to be there . |
7 | At about 1,000 feet you should put away the maps , select a good field and check it for slopes and surface etc . |
8 | At about high noon we arrived at Coney Island and approached the boardwalk . |
9 | At 5pm that day I went along to Anouska Hempel 's very individual and attractive showroom at 2 Pond Place , Chelsea , where I saw her really lovely couture collection , for which she derived the inspiration from Eastern Europe . |
10 | At around nine days they venture out of the tunnel their yolk sacs exhausted already 14mm long . |
11 | Turning from downwind to base at around 500 feet I found that you could almost pull the throttle completely back and make a glide approach . |
12 | In the air at around 3,500 feet I found that , provided one held it with the antenna close to horizontal , the ICOM IC-A20 MkII could produce quite accurate VOR indications at distances of well over 25 nm from the VOR — rather better than my own King KX99 does . |
13 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
14 | So after weaning at around 6 weeks she will need Whiskas Kitten Food until she 's about 6 months old . |
15 | ‘ So , ’ Leith swallowed down at least four contradictions she could have lobbed at him , and queried sarcastically instead , ‘ what would you like to talk about ? ’ |
16 | However , there have been changes of contrast and changes of detail on time scales from years to days , and for at least 100 years it has been widely realized that we are seeing the tops of richly coloured clouds that cover the entire planet . |
17 | List at least five things you observed from your parents regarding love that will be a help in your marriage . |
18 | They led her into the interview-room , gave her a cup of tea and got her to sign the consent form — somewhat of a formality as the child was already in Theatre by this time , but at least that way they were covered in the event of any repercussions . |
19 | At least that way I can stop thinking , words bloody words . ’ |
20 | At least that way I shall be able to stop you purloining Nero again . |
21 | At least that way I would n't have got a note thanking me for a ‘ wonderful evening ’ that never happened . ’ |
22 | At least that way I shall feel more confident that it 's Labour Party members and supporters who are selecting candidates and electing the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party and not a Liberal or Tory trade unionist who happens to be paying the political levy . |
23 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
24 | At least that way it wo n't delay anyone going off duty . ’ |
25 | ‘ Hum , ’ said Jay , at least that way you do n't get your heart broken . |
26 | It had never counted for anything that she 'd been the innocent victim , that she 'd had no control over the events which had shaped her life — she 'd carried the burden with her , locked into her soul , and at least that way she 'd felt relatively safe . |
27 | On at least one occasion it infiltrated a double agent of its own into SOE who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans . |
28 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
29 | It is evident from this and other comments , several describing treachery , that he often thought little of the English resistance , and on at least one occasion he did it injustice , saying under 1001 that an immense levy from Somerset and Devon met the raiders at Pinhoe , but fled immediately battle was joined , whereas an independent entry in the A text reports that the English fought with such forces as they could gather , which gives a rather different impression . |
30 | Certainly in my own experience I have never come across armed smugglers , although on at least one occasion I was threatened with a knife when attempting to stop a seaman leaving a ship , and once I was attached by a ship 's steward when attempting to relieve him of a briefcase full of uncustomed goods . |