Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] at an " in BNC.

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1 And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace .
2 And given that total hardware sales plummeted by 19.4% to $5,740m in the quarter , keeping the overall decline to 7% was an achievement in itself , even if within a quarter or three , turnover can be expected to start declining at an accelerating pace .
3 This was essentially a room for transacting business , though if Fournier 's picture is reliable , the Emperor seems to have sat at an inconvenient height at his desk in a small chair , covered in green plush , so low that once seated in it , writing must have been difficult .
4 Concern grew when they failed to return to base at an agreed time , after delivering aid to the besiged town of Travnik .
5 To the massed spectators in the stands , flung in an instant from joyous acclaim of a Royal winner to horrified , dumbfounded silence , Devon Loch had seemed to leap at an imaginary obstacle before slithering to the ground and skidding along to a halt , the momentum throwing Francis up on to the horse 's neck .
6 Someone , for example , who finds himself in the embarrassing situation of seeming to have winked at an unknown passer-by may offer the account that he has some grit in his eye — this often accompanied by a flurry of overacted eyelid-rubbing and nose-blowing .
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