Example sentences of "it [verb] at [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it moved at no more than a lumbering trot , but by the time it was halfway up the street it was moving arrow-fast … |
| 2 | But — with exceptions of course — it has at the same time been unable or unwilling to devote enough time and effort to understanding and pursing financial and accounting matters , perhaps because these often lack the immediate and general glamour of other aspects of policies . |
| 3 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 5 | It began at the same time for both of us , did n't it ? |
| 6 | And as it dissolves , it releases at the same rate any compounds mixed in with it . |
| 7 | If , for instance , he drops a ball it accelerates at the same rate as the capsule and will remain at rest relative to the capsule , whatever their shared acceleration . |
| 8 | It runs at the same speed — 8.33 MHz — but can handle 32 bits of data instead of 16 . |
| 9 | It makes at the same time a characteristic noise that sounds like a burp . |