Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a driver says ‘ I was blinded by the sun ’ or ‘ There was a patch of fog ’ or ‘ The road was covered with black ice ’ , he should have stopped , reduced his speed or driven at a speed which was safe . |
| 2 | In the event of a second conviction for a like offence , a member is liable , in addition to the penalties already named , to be adjudged to be for ever incapable of holding any public office , and to be incapable for five years of being registered as an elector or voting at an election either of members to serve in Parliament or of members of any public body . |
| 3 | Well that 's it , it ca n't be right , it ca n't be right , because what you would expect in there , is another sort of perspex piece that comes at an angle like that . |
| 4 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 5 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 6 | It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment ! |
| 7 | In a chair opposite sat Tom who was drinking tea and looking at a book . |
| 8 | There are also plans for an Evening Bus Run with High Tea and Dance at a west coast venue on a date to be arranged in June . |
| 9 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 10 | For instance , it must be at an undervalue and made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts , the company must be in the course of being wound up in England or subject to an administration order , and so on . |
| 11 | The two girls , it transpired , did not work in a cabaret but assisted at a gambling salon . |
| 12 | When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table . |
| 13 | Sir Leon was defending the compromise proposal that emerged at a meeting of the Community 's industry ministers this week , whereby the Commission might grant temporary exemptions to countries facing problems in opening their markets . |
| 14 | The vineyards of Bisseuil are set some distance back from the village and grow at a height of about 160 metres on the south-east-facing slopes of Mont Aigu , which forms the eastern side of the Val d'Or in which Avenay is located . |
| 15 | ‘ It was a good performance , plotted and delivered with artistry and skill and aimed at an audience . |
| 16 | ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . ) |
| 17 | It is a relief to me to take up this pen and sit at a table and endeavour to sort out what I feel pressing in upon me and to know that if sense can be made of it you will make it . |
| 18 | Jonathan returned to his desk and tinkered at a console . |
| 19 | TWO barmaids claimed social security benefit while working at a Kiki 's bar in Darlington , a court heard yesterday . |
| 20 | It may look good when you are standing , but if you reveal acres of thigh when sitting at a business meeting , you 'll never be taken seriously . |
| 21 | It may look good when you are standing , but if you reveal acres of thigh when sitting at a business meeting , you 'll never be taken seriously . |
| 22 | She now moved away from the case and looked at a list attached , low down , on the wall to the side of the smokers ' requisites demonstration case . |
| 23 | If one suspends judgement and looks at a cross-section of these novels , one comes away quite impressed . |
| 24 | He , too , was a writer and worked at a brewery — as Havel had done — keeping his thoughts to himself . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the three separate loads offer much in the way of graphical excellence and make this a worthwhile purchase if found at a discount price . |
| 26 | ‘ Not only the members of the small governing class but every squire , tradesman and farmer who could afford to modernize or rebuild his house , even the parson , deputy of Christ , lived behind a façade which was conceived in the terms of a Classical Order , entered his home through a doorway deriving from the portico of a pagan shrine and sat at a hearth which resembled a miniature triumphal arch or an altar to the Lares . ’ |
| 27 | That 's what we 're aiming for here — trying to make individually-designed guitars with real integrity that you can take right down off the shelf and use at a gig . ’ |
| 28 | Unlimited notes can be kept on disk and displayed at a keystroke for activities , assignments and resources . |
| 29 | After we had been locked in I spent the evening making preparations with Malleson 's help : sewing on buttons , dubbining my boots , making a pillow case into a rucksack and staring at a map with unreal names on it like Danzig and Berlin . |
| 30 | She chewed at the spiky end of a plait and kicked at a kitchen chair-leg . |