Example sentences of "at [art] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the fun of the fair : Jim White takes a fresher look at the company a student might be keeping |
| 2 | At the inquest a fellow debtor , Harry Wood , told the coroner the routine was to rise at six and then busy themselves among the cells till breakfast at 7.15 . |
| 3 | When I met the mother she was extremely depressed verging on suicidal and was given by the workers at the clinic a new sari to try and cheer her up . |
| 4 | Page from Charles Evelyn 's The Lady ‘ s Recreation … the Art of Gardening Improv 'd ( 1717 ) , showing at the foot a typical catchword . |
| 5 | On December 14th 1719 " Super at Mr Cockburn 11 at table 22 persons in al " there were " eating poset in cheana [ china ] high dish at the head of the table , at the foot a haunch of venison , " in the midle of the table a pirimide sillibubs and orang cream in the past , above it sweet meets dry and wet " , on the sides black pudding , partridge , larks , celery salad " made and unmade " , veal collops white sauce , " 2 boyld pullets w t persley sauce , in the midle pickles of other sort than the comon ones . " |
| 6 | Then she took up the cloth , worked at the edge a moment and tore it neatly along the weave . |
| 7 | At the top a door stood ajar . |
| 8 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 9 | At the top a metal drawer extended the whole width . |
| 10 | At the top a single man is suspect . |
| 11 | At the top a small rose window afforded some light . |
| 12 | In the centre is a circular sectioned baluster moulding and at the top an oval moulding which is decorated with a pair of deeply recessed ring and dot designs . |
| 13 | He turned a corner into a wide road edged with large detached houses , then drove along a broad lane , at the end of which was a wide circular drive , and at the top an imposing Georgian house . |
| 14 | At the top an arched door opened into a grand marble hall with an elegant horseshoe staircase . |
| 15 | And , of course , Tita [ the Baroness ] is very energetic and is at the museum a lot and has worked very hard on it , so I think it will be a success . |
| 16 | But , you know , if , if , if I 'd have put , when we , when we started to talk at the beginning of this term we had at the beginning a general discussion about what are we gon na put in land reform , if I 'd have come along to s to you and I 'd said well I think we should do this |
| 17 | At the performance a live pianist will prove more adaptable than anything recorded — if the performers need more time to cover the floor it 's no problem . |
| 18 | look at the plan a minute and I 'll show you on the plan . |
| 19 | Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later . |
| 20 | From 1922 his career centred on Vienna , where he sang the classical repertory at the Staatsoper and operetta at the Theater an der Wien . |
| 21 | Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft . |
| 22 | Donna stood at the window a moment longer , gazing out at the people in the street below . |
| 23 | ‘ She might have been down at the jetty a couple of hours ago . |
| 24 | Police at first declined to comment on the nature of the inquiry , but at the weekend a spokesman confirmed that an imitation firearm had been recovered . |
| 25 | At the weekend a Saudi court sentenced him to a 120 lashes in public for supplying alcohol , a charge he 's always denied . |
| 26 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 27 | The Company Commander arrived at the objective a long way last and considerably out of breath . |
| 28 | One critical step in overcoming the culture gap is to ensure that all partners share at the outset a common understanding of the innovation process , their respective roles within it , and how it applies to the particular topic being addressed . |
| 29 | Up the side road at the chapel an old track , walled at first , branches to the left , passes behind the grounds of Whernside Manor and climbs gradually across the lower slopes of Whernside : this is an ancient right of way probably more in use in packhorse days than now . |
| 30 | When he emerged I saw behind him at the door a small , black-haired , middle-aged Japanese woman in a red kimono . |