Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of that small band of men who sat round smoking and drinking their beer or whisky could have had any idea , as they heard Jack vigorously defending the doctrine of hell in nine pages , that the publication of these religious speculations , pieced together at a busy time between giving lectures and examining , was to change his destiny forever . |
| 2 | Some settlement is likely to take place over a period after the trench has been filled , but this can be filled in at a later stage . |
| 3 | That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance . |
| 4 | The system of planning controls imposes limits on their freedom to locate operations where they will or to increase the scale , or change the nature , of the activities carried on at a particular site . |
| 5 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 6 | The base was picked up at a second-hand store , and the crimson cotton shade came from Habitat . |
| 7 | I myself found at the entrance of one of them a small neatly-worked tomahawk , of an inch and a half in length , together with some slips of blue cotton rags , which the birds had doubtless picked up at a deserted encampment of the natives . ’ |
| 8 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 9 | so of course that would 've come out at a later stage , yeah , you know there 's a lot of business miles involved in flying to all these er places . |
| 10 | That , if need be , could be sorted out at a later date . |
| 11 | Most guitarists have heard of the ‘ waxing ’ method of eliminating feedback , but unfortunately this is a difficult process to carry out at home as it involves dipping the whole pickup assembly into hot paraffin wax , which has to be carried out at a controlled temperature : too hot and the bobbins melt , too cold and the wax does n't penetrate the coil windings . |
| 12 | For these , training was a regular event and in one case was carried out at a separate meeting every alternate month . |
| 13 | If a member can not carry out work for which a deposit has been paid , the fund will either ensure the work is carried out at a fair price less the deposit or refund the deposit . |
| 14 | This case also often occurs in practice due to the results of cases such as grouped meter readings from customers who were at home when the meter reader called , combined with customers ' own readings carried out because they were out when the meter reader called , and a number of special checks that are carried out at a different time . |
| 15 | The commendation reads : ‘ A difficult rescue was carried out at a high degree of risk to the crew . |
| 16 | By ruling in favour of the appellant , a schoolmaster at Malvern College , whose two sons were educated there at a concessionary rate , the Lords have avoided what has been described as an ‘ administrative nightmare ’ . |
| 17 | He was educated privately at a small school run by his father at Hardenhuish rectory , and latterly at Claverton Lodge School , Bath , run by his uncle Francis Kilvert [ q.v . ] . |
| 18 | The agreement at Smiths Industries , Cheltenham , ending a three-week strike at the plant was accepted overwhelmingly at a mass meeting yesterday . |
| 19 | We were told that there would be a General 's inspection and the searchlight had to be turned on at a specified time , but when the great moment came we could not start the engine that drove the dynamo and darkness still prevailed . |
| 20 | ‘ Delphis ’ floats around dreamy vocals , clever chords , is pushed along at a dignified pace and is a perfect antidote to the tense teutonic Techno and ball-breaking Gospel anthems currently dominating the scene . |
| 21 | Interest in recycling was stirred up at a free seminar organised by ICI 's plastics environmental affairs group . |
| 22 | They said that a state of infinite density might occur only if the galaxies were moving directly toward or away from each other ; only then would they all have met up at a single point in the past . |
| 23 | How to crack down on increasing levels of vandalism and the emergence of street gangs in the area will be decided today at a special meeting of the council 's Police Liaison Committee . |
| 24 | In his view , there should be a clear test applied to ensure that the Community only does things which can not be done well at a national level . |
| 25 | And Mr Irving , seen here at a neo-Nazi rally , is sticking to his view that the gas chambers are a myth … |
| 26 | All done then at a hundred and forty pounds , standing at the back , one fifty one sixty one seventy , one eighty one eighty standing , any more at one eighty ? |
| 27 | All done then at a hundred and seventy , one eighty seated , one ninety two hundred , two twenty , forty two sixty two hundred and sixty pounds , any more at two sixty ? |
| 28 | I shall sell then , one seventy new bidder one seventy on the aisle , now any more at a hundred and seventy , one eighty one eighty at the back again , all done then at a hundred and eighty pounds . |
| 29 | At a hundred pounds , all done then at a hundred and ten , twenty one thirty , one forty fifty , one sixty seventy , one eighty one eighty with me , it 's , any more at one eighty ? |
| 30 | All done then at a hundred and sixty pounds at the back . |