Example sentences of "a [noun] at [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are more dog cards than you shake a stick at yet the bookies are peddling this tripe from South Africa through the morning . |
| 2 | Yes the and there 's a place out Glen Bainey er at the march between Glen Shee and Glen Ayloch and there 's a a fence er a gate or a steps at just the Glen Shee folk waited at that side to meet the Glen Ayloch folk to take the coffin over the dyke . |
| 3 | It gave us a lift at just the right time . |
| 4 | It was no accident that medical misogyny , with its powerful definitions of moral and immoral female behaviour , reached a peak at precisely the moment when middle-class women were beginning to challenge the hegemony of the male professions . |
| 5 | As a result they push it beyond its design — a bit like trying to fly a plane at twice the speed and height that it was designed for . |
| 6 | If we decide to be less cynical , we could suggest that God triggered a supernova at exactly the right time to draw the Magi towards the place where His son was being born . |
| 7 | For a time at least the Bank as monopoly supplier can charge any rate it chooses . |