Example sentences of "at [adv] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sitting in front of my easel at about quarter to nine , doing preliminary tests on a little panel-picture of a City church ; Radio 3 in the background was churning out something by one of those Bachs who were n't Bach . |
| 2 | I 've I 've got an appointment in London at five o'clock so I 've got to leave here at about quarter to three . |
| 3 | And then Raymond phoned at about quarter to seven . |
| 4 | well he has I mean er my my daughter-in-law said he takes he mu he very often drives he 's got a season ticket , an annual season ticket t er to take the train but more often than not he drives because he gets into the into London at about quarter to seven in the morning he goes and you know , parks the car and then goes and gets breakfast and she says he always takes at least one shirt in the car with him to change into . |
| 5 | An apparent opportunity for , or at least inclination to , US participation in Vietnamese national affairs as suggested in Saigon was soon to become a recognized imperative in Washington : and when the French ministers arrived in October 1950 to ask how much could be expected from the US to avoid financial disaster it was the drain of resources in Vietnam as much as the problems of French rearmament in Europe which prompted a close examination of French budgetary as well as military plans . |
| 6 | That most schools give at least lip-service to the importance of this fact is obvious in the development of courses variously titled " study skills " , " library skills " , " information skills " and so on . |