Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I entered a studio at random , and spoke to a young man behind a battered desk . |
| 2 | Enthusiasts can enjoy a flutter at flat and jump meetings throughout the year as well as a variety of special themed events . |
| 3 | Four winners , and their partners , will enjoy a week at top health farm Springs Hydro — plus £100 worth of treatments from beauty specialists DeCleor . |
| 4 | We have already seen that when a system undergoes a change at constant pressure the energy transferred as heat is called the enthalpy change . |
| 5 | Any outing revolves around the need to find a lavatory at short notice , and many outdoor activities , such as hiking or climbing , are virtually impossible . |
| 6 | Even though Turtons ' had selected their file indiscriminately from stock to do battle with the French champion , even though the French company had brought over a special engineer to manipulate their product while Turtons ' had picked a man at random from the Sappers and Miners at the Exhibition , the French file had been humiliated . |
| 7 | He might as well have picked a family at random out of the telephone book and stayed with them . |
| 8 | He jinked and tried a burst at long range , but the Halberstadt was diving hard now and pulling away . |
| 9 | The International Auster Club has a fly-in at Old Warden on May 28 . |
| 10 | A firm that acts as an investment manager for a customer must send a report at suitable intervals stating the value of the portfolio or account at the beginning and end of the period , its composition at the end and , in the case of a discretionary portfolio or account , changes in its composition between those dates . |
| 11 | ‘ Our posters are up and down like yo-yos , ’ says a chap at Tory regional office in Newcastle . |
| 12 | Part of Dr Brian Eyre , AEA Chief Executive 's visit to Culham last month incorporated a look at current work in Fusion , in particular the START experiment , and at new areas being developed for plasma processing . |
| 13 | The amputee 's tongue flickered silently , stumpily , as though tasting the molecules of Lexandro 's sweat which escaped into the air , before he resumed his discourse : ‘ The longest that anyone has endured a nerveglove at level tertius until irreversible insanity , is fifty-two minutes — by which time the pain signals were so burned into the nerves that they could never cease thereafter . ’ |
| 14 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 15 | Taking the EG-1 first , the HFS bridge humbucker delivers a warm , fat sound reminiscent of a vintage PAF , and while the guitar does n't have the image of a rocker the bridge pickup is almost arrogant in the way it handles an amp at full tilt . |
| 16 | MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson staunchly backed his temperamental superstar Eric Cantona last night and claimed : ‘ This man can become a giant at Old Trafford . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 18 | Make a mark in the centre of the line and , using a set square , drawn a guideline at right angles from it . |
| 19 | Edmund Walter was accused of taking bribes to acquit a murderer at Great Sessions , but his defence leaves some presumption in his favour . |
| 20 | Although a major part of the work is concerned with the marking of tuition tests , tutors may also be invited to conduct Tutorial Classes , at which small groups of students meet a tutor at regular intervals , for Subjects 7–10 of the Institute examinations . |
| 21 | They 've got a homicide at Royal Oak . |
| 22 | police rang them up this woman had rung him up , she 's got a farm at Great Alton and |
| 23 | You could , for instance , to select a name at random , call somebody a Kevin and be seen to be especially rude . |
| 24 | Let us consider democracy in local government and the three Secretaries of State for the Environment who have had a go at local government taxation . |
| 25 | After he had had a spell at Southern League Bedford Town , Palace awarded Roy a Benefit match on 15 March 1961 in token of his services to our club . |
| 26 | I 've had a package at long last er back from EARS er but I have n't actually erm put it onto the computer yet because it 's erm it 's proving a bit temperamental at the moment and I did n't want to risk overloading it with with yet another er software package u until I 've had it seen to . |
| 27 | Merrill opened a drawer at random , took out a file and feigned immediate interest in its contents . |
| 28 | Anthony Gittens , secretary of the Britons from 1949 to 1973 and a member since 1924 , was a prominent member of the IFL in the 1930s and opened a branch at Kentish Town in London . |
| 29 | I straightened up , opened a cupboard at random and took out two tumblers . |
| 30 | Although displays of force such as the brandishing of an offensive weapon could be a common law affray , a mere altercation using threatening language could not constitute an affray at common law . |