Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things were a bit easier at Binbrook in that direction as we could sleep between midnight and 6am , but I must admit that most nights I had considerably less sleep than that . |
| 2 | Only I heard him crying a bit lately at night time . |
| 3 | Later , usually with Preston or his grandad , he 'd felt a bit more at home , but not much . |
| 4 | Their mother and father have told them that it is about time they started helping a bit more at home . |
| 5 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry if I was a bit … you know , a bit off at dinner-time . " |
| 7 | I think I 'm getting a bit better at polo . |
| 8 | After today 's discussion I should be a bit better at understanding what you 're driving at ! |
| 9 | If control and data signals are propagated through the circuits of a computer only at time instants controlled by a master " clock " or pulse generator , then we have a synchronous computer . |
| 10 | Pearce cast a look back at Gilbert and Frye , to make sure that they were n't listening . |
| 11 | There is one other name who was probably a monk here at Halling . |
| 12 | Michael Mills directed some of the filming through binoculars from a yacht out at sea . |
| 13 | Oh and she got , swallowed a tooth yesterday at school |
| 14 | Trippy was meeting somebody at a club down at Camden Lock but he could n't remember who or exactly where . |
| 15 | As she risked a glance up at Roman 's dark face , her heart seemed to plummet down to her stomach . |
| 16 | He shot a glance down at Tristram , who was keeping his eyes on his plate , and then across to Jennifer , who was doing likewise . |
| 17 | It was no wonder that the corners of her mouth should twitch upwards in her relief , she felt — though her smile became an absolute grin when , flicking a glance across at Ven , she caught his mouth twitching upwards too . |
| 18 | ‘ When , ’ said Robert querulously , snatching a glance back at Class 1 as he spoke , ‘ did you become a Muslim ? ’ |
| 19 | However , a cut off at age 75 gives an unrealistic picture because those patients diagnosed at the age of 70–75 ( the highest incidence ) will die at 75–80 . |
| 20 | ‘ Indeed , I would feel a deal more at ease , were that worthy gentleman by my side now . ’ |
| 21 | One would stand on a chair and cut a piece off at mealtimes . |
| 22 | Even Robert Bakker , a paleontologist now at Colorado University and one of the most original and interesting of dinosaur academics , has not , I suggest , given the subject of dinosaur size as much attention as it deserves , and consequently many of his arguments concerning metabolism , which we will examine in the next chapter , remain fatally flawed . |
| 23 | Till the wedding of her sister To a mister out at Bicester , name of Jimmy , who said , " Gim me , " So without 'em she went home , |
| 24 | Mm yes I told Paul that he can bring a lady up at Christmas-time . |
| 25 | If you took eggs there used to always be a lady there at dinner time what used to come round and ask you what you 'd got for dinner , and then if you 'd got eggs , she used to write your name on the eggs and do them for you . |
| 26 | cos Andy was having a lunch anyway at work and er |
| 27 | ‘ And I 'll tell you again , ’ she returned with a bravado somewhat at odds with the way she was feeling . |
| 28 | The previous instrument , a small electric organ presented in 1937 , was no longer adequate , but it had certainly proved its worth , when in 1946 W.L. Wyatt , then head boy , in passing the examination for the Diploma for the Royal College of Organists , had achieved a Distinction , probably without precedent for a boy still at school . |
| 29 | What did a boy still at university , with no prospects yet of any sort of career , what did someone like that want with a massive country house ? |
| 30 | And a foul by Whitlow on Rozario and pain written all over Robert Rozario 's face and we saw that the last time we had a Nottingham Forest live game when he collided with a post up at Bolton Wanderers and had to go off with a rib and facial injuries . |