Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When driving straight ahead at a roundabout should you normally A use the left lane or B use the right lane ? |
| 2 | When driving straight ahead at a roundabout should you normally A use the left lane or B use the right lane ? |
| 3 | Already , on the side nearest the river , Osbern had reformed his men and was driving back again at a different angle . |
| 4 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 5 | Had we a powerful industrial policy in the nineteen eighties , would we be looking back now at a crisis of industrial investment in the nineteen nineties ? |
| 6 | Lord Justice Bingham 's inquiry into the supervision of the banking group does , however , criticise PW for not shouting loudly enough at a seemingly unconcerned Bank of England in the run-up to BCCI 's collapse . |
| 7 | I was looking then only at an empty stretch of spaceport beyond the comm-booth that she 'd called from . |
| 8 | Entering the third year of the Intifada , it is more than ever clear that time is of the essence : how to keep it going long enough at a level which does not yield to the temptations of ruinous , reciprocal escalation , but still disturbs the outside world enough to get them to bring the Israeli extremists to heel . |
| 9 | Perhaps I should take one of those … ’ added Meredith , going momentarily off at a tangent . |
| 10 | ‘ He went back and they said , Yes , he could have it , and their horse and trolley was going round there at a certain date and would deliver it . |
| 11 | The fault 's western side is moving inexorably northward at a rate of five cm a year and should be part of Alaska in about 50 million years . |
| 12 | The rhythm of the cart , moving once more at a steady pace , rocked the kaleidoscope of memory . |
| 13 | This was the message coming over strongly at a UK gathering of the Group 's business chiefs on May 26–28 . |
| 14 | She had turned slightly , staring coolly back at a young , dark-faced gallant , resplendent in red and white silks , who lounged in his seat with eyes for no one but Athelstan 's fair companion . |
| 15 | Pen , coming once more at a run to see his mother , was stopped and held by her and persuaded to come instead and play with Pilade . |
| 16 | His arms seem bolted to each arm rest and he is staring straight ahead at a television computer game . |
| 17 | She worked crouching down , and the infinitesimal pace of her labours made her feel like an ant , toiling away earnestly at a microscopic task . |
| 18 | It was almost thirty minutes since he 'd made the phone call , stopping off quickly at a payphone before swinging the car off the main road and into Paddington Recreation Ground . |
| 19 | The only reason I can see that you need players in the first teams is to see if they are playing well enough at a high level . |
| 20 | The contrast is that these Pacific rim countries are investing in tomorrow at a rate of knots . |
| 21 | But was n't it a risk setting up alone at a time when you would n't be able to work continuously ? |