Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 2 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 3 | The arrow tip came free and I lay on my side in frightful suffering weakness , looking down at a sharp black point sticking out from scarlet wool . |
| 4 | ‘ There is research to be done , ’ Dury said , sitting down at a table strewn with photocopies from obscure-looking reference books . |
| 5 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 6 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 7 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 8 | We sat down at a table and he poured me out some tea . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I hope we are going to find a bit more life than this , ’ grunted Billy , as they sat down at a table near the gas fire . |
| 10 | The problem was soon overcome by always having the camera a couple of inches or so above the fish , thus pointing the camera down at a small angle to the aquarium glass , while the adjustable flash head was directed straight ahead . |
| 11 | A long , thin brunette sat on another bean-bag very close to her , staring down at a focus somewhere near the edge of the blonde 's left thigh . |
| 12 | She looked down at a letter on the table in front of her , collecting her thoughts . |
| 13 | When talks broke down at a Leeds hotel last week , Wilkinson told both players to go home and think over his offer , but Andersson 's later outburst left the Leeds manager fuming . |
| 14 | Barbra brought the house down at a California party when she sang her version of the classic ‘ It Had To Be You . ’ |
| 15 | Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting . |
| 16 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 17 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
| 18 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 19 | Derive an expression for the maximum stored energy , W max considering that the dielectric breaks down at a field intensity Eb . |
| 20 | The bridal couple got down at a tiny village of low mud houses . |
| 21 | They had sat opposite each other in a compartment crowded with Able Seamen , he watching the darkening fields flying outside the window and Bunny staring down at a single sheet of notepaper , pale blue in colour , which he held on his jigging knee and from whose fold poked a sprig of crab apple in bloom . |
| 22 | He looked across , smiled , winked at her , and said ‘ Hi there … er = ’ He glanced down at a sheet in front of him . |
| 23 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 24 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 25 | We had to put the babies down at a certain time and leave them — it was horrible . |
| 26 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 27 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |
| 28 | The Spanish reporter , Alfonso Roja , describes a woman in Baghdad , her eyes smouldering , shouting down at a crowd of Western journalists : ‘ Is this what you call Western civilisation ? ’ |
| 29 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 30 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |