Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , too , was a writer and worked at a brewery — as Havel had done — keeping his thoughts to himself . |
| 2 | The two girls , it transpired , did not work in a cabaret but assisted at a gambling salon . |
| 3 | The tentacle scales may be distinct from the oral papillae being either separated by a gap or placed at a higher level as viewed from the ventral side as in the genera Ophiotoma and Ophioblenn . |
| 4 | The Tornado would launch a Harm or Alarm at a safe distance . |
| 5 | The gall bladder is a reservoir that empties at a slow pace . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Those people are not exploiting a loophole or grabbing at a large pot of gold . |
| 8 | She chewed at the spiky end of a plait and kicked at a kitchen chair-leg . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | An episode which attracted particular concern was a strike that occurred at an obscure photo-processing plant in North London , the Grunwick works . |
| 11 | Slowly , he raised a finger and pointed at a man in the crowd , beckoning him forward in a friendly manner . |
| 12 | If you got into trouble you were made to sit on a chair and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day . |
| 13 | This is satisfactory enough , though it is often necessary to perch the tripod on top of a platform or a solid table , as otherwise you will have to be something of a contortionist when looking at an object high in the sky ( incidentally , the same is true of a small refracting telescope ) . |
| 14 | It was the final piece in a jigsaw that started at an auction at a rundown farm in 1970 . |
| 15 | It is a show that progresses at a terrific pace , none of the performers , from Duncan downwards , spare themselves . |
| 16 | We rubbed shoulders with a bride and groom at a local wedding , as anyone was allowed to wander round the church while the marriage was going on ( it was a tiny church ) . |
| 17 | So that 's another situation and as we 'll talk about and I hinted at yesterday er the dreaded vote of thanks situation and the the er giving of the gold watch and er and the being a best man at a wedding or even a bride or groom at a wedding er again is a is a way of helping this Aldershot method is a way of helping you to get your thoughts together and put them across effectively . |
| 18 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |
| 19 | ( In modern French , a discussion that proceeds at a businesslike pace , even briskly , may be said to do so rondement . ) |
| 20 | He took up a fork and prodded at a dish of small silvery fish marinated in olive oil , garlic and wine vinegar . |
| 21 | We can infer that George was in a restaurant , and that he sat at a table and looked at a menu . |
| 22 | The dead room ( mortuary ) was provided with a table and shell at a cost of £1.4s.0d . |
| 23 | At about ten to nine I tethered the bike to a lamp-post and proceeded at a leisurely pace on foot to the Parsons ' . |