Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readability researchers often emphasise that it is not possible to use a formula to assess difficulty at the individual sentence level ; a formula or graph can only make predictions about difficulty at a global level . |
| 2 | Taking a carpet needle or a dentist 's pick he would sit on the stones for hours at a time prising small fossils from particles of rock he instinctively knew concealed them . |
| 3 | Mairi was furious when after a while Luch started to take long to return with the bucket , but it did her no good ; the wee lass often vanished for hours at a time , in spite of the scoldings she got when she returned late . |
| 4 | We soon learned to give animals the right of way in the swamps , sitting for hours at a time in the dugout , watching elephants plod by . |
| 5 | There they had to wait , often for hours at a stretch . |
| 6 | She sat in the dishevelled shabby glamour of her bedroom and stared out of the window for hours at a time . |
| 7 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 8 | Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did . |
| 9 | Although many college teachers still have such job titles as lecturer , senior lecturer or reader , few teachers are happy reading aloud to their students for hours at a time . |
| 10 | I needed the money and it sounded O.K. But sitting around for hours at a stretch without a word from anybody I was able to do a lot of thinking . ’ |
| 11 | Their riffs about the current state of their underwear would continue for hours at a time . |
| 12 | She did n't know if Betty knew how long Beuno had been there , so endeavoured to give the impression that she could babble away on the topic of cooking game for hours at a time . |
| 13 | Has a majestic soaring and gliding flight , with wing-tips splayed out and upturned , often remaining on the wing for hours at a time . |
| 14 | Choose 7/8in mats where workers remain for a full shift ; 1/2in mats at work stations used for hours at a time ; 3/8in mats in traffic areas . |
| 15 | It 's gone now , but at the time mentally handicapped patients were locked up in it for hours at a time . |
| 16 | Typically the fisherman is a lone black smudge hunched on his bait-box for hours at a time . |
| 17 | erm I could lecture you for hours at a time on the subject . |
| 18 | The shows put on in Paris at the Salon , and in London at the Royal Academy , were a means of creating sales for artists at a turning point in the history of patronage ; as there developed a middle-class market for literature , so there developed a comparable market for art . |
| 19 | His brother Gawain ignored him , gazing at the salt cellar or the window for minutes at a time and stolidly chewing . |
| 20 | DOMINIC Marley , 21 , of Boundary Lane , Heswall , pleaded guilty to stealing whisky worth £31.38 from Sainsburys , and burglary and theft of cash and jewellery worth £1,000 at a house in Telegraph Road , Heswall . |
| 21 | Given the gradations in penalty available , this sets the threshold for liability at a surprisingly high level , and it may be wondered whether an individual defendant on his own will often be able to perpetrate that degree of ferocity , although the Act clearly contemplates this as a possibility . |
| 22 | With demand for homeloans at a low ebb , few will want to go higher . |
| 23 | She sat waiting for Edouard at a table in the beautiful jardin intérieur . |
| 24 | When the Prince moved to a small lodge on the edge of the Steine in the 1780s fashion followed , and Brighton over the next fifty years provided perhaps the ultimate example of the marked contrast between attempts at a classical social order and a barely restrained chaos whose uneasy juxtaposition opened wider chasms in late Georgian society . |
| 25 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |
| 26 | On occasion there were more serious charges where preliminary hearings were held and the case either dismissed or passed on for trial at a higher court . |
| 27 | They met as contestants at a Mrs Moscow competition which Yelena won ; modelling contracts and divorce followed for both . |
| 28 | As an alternative means of adding security , the bill[s] of exchange may be sent with shipping documents — the buyer only obtains title to the goods once the bill[s] have been accepted for payment at a future date [ or , if the bill is payable ‘ at sight ’ , when payment has been made ] . |
| 29 | It 's snug , sexy and exceptional value for money at a basic Y1.07 million to Y1.331 million . |
| 30 | These excellent jogsuits are outstanding value for money at a greatly reduced price . |