Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] at a " in BNC.

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1	One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married .
2	At first the books came one at a time .
3	conclude on the basis of recent work on tachistoscopic word recognition that , at least with single-syllable words exposed one at a time to left or right visual hemifield , artefacts due to directional scanning contribute little if anything to hemifield asymmetry .
4	When one of his own officials insulted him at a Leeds meeting Mosley knocked him unconscious .
5	In spite of this , innovation by individuals and communities of farmers in Africa will continue , and for the most part will enable rural families to maintain themselves at a reasonable level of nutrition .
6	The latest phase obliges vehicles delivering a wide range of food products to keep them at a temperature of no more than 8C .
7	From the point of view of an application system carrying out final plausibility checks , CLE- I logical forms emerge one at a time , with no scoring information attached , and the application must decide which one to accept using an essentially binary , absolute plausibility test .
8	Robbie could scarcely believe this was the same man who was at such pains to keep her at a safe distance , until she reflected that in Fen 's eyes Miss Taylor would present no threat to his reserve .
9	The object of providing for arbitration rather than trial in small claims is to allow litigants to represent themselves at a hearing where their ignorance of procedure and adversarial techniques will not be a handicap .
10	At most colleges GCSE candidates pack two subjects into a week ; A level students take one at a time .
11	One of the difficulties of proceeding with the single currency , particularly if a small number of member states within the Community were to proceed on their own , is that it would become increasingly difficult for others to join them at a later stage .

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