Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expects me to carry on up at the manor as though it 's just another working day. ? |
| 2 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
| 3 | ‘ But I do n't think either ourselves or Forest will be struggling down there at the end of the season . ’ |
| 4 | And as I say , in during the war years our rations , we were all treated so fairly at the Co-op I believe you know , we were really treated fairly . |
| 5 | It 's a shame , happening right here at the fête and all . |
| 6 | Tristan made a noncommittal gesture and his brother sank wearily down at the table . |
| 7 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 8 | Willie hung on to Tom 's left trouser leg and peered gingerly round at the mare as they walked past it . |
| 9 | They 've agreed they 're gon na use this federation one as a short stop gap an an I think Paul 's point is spot on , it might be a bit silly to jump in just at the moment |
| 10 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 11 | It is a moving story that leaves one marvelling not only at the bravery of Middleton himself but that fate had brought so many courageous men together in the one crew . |
| 12 | A good result and a very necessary one because I think that helps you to pull away slightly at the top of the table ; before this match , Egham were in third place . |
| 13 | Moods may change easily from laughter to sadness ; they cry easily even at the thought of pain . |
| 14 | But it 's a Rozario 's got to come off now at the moment he 's just er a big sums it up there . |
| 15 | His study Sally ( the lady sits at a table and looks straight ahead at the viewer ) possesses painterly values of real distinction . |
| 16 | Guido drew up abruptly at the side of the road . |
| 17 | They completed a circular walk through the woods , tramping through leaves and bracken and ending up back at the minibus where Sybil announced it was time to go back to Conway House for lunch . |
| 18 | Knees should be flexed comfortably , the racquet pointing towards your opponent , weight on the balls of the feet , and the body bent slightly forwards at the waist . |
| 19 | Like one of those European taxis that you get picked up in at the airport in Paris . ’ |
| 20 | All the time he had this great bursting feeling of utter incredulity inside him ; it kept exploding , he kept laughing out loud at the memory of the amazing appearance before his very eyes of this whole new life ; the shock of it would not fade . |
| 21 | ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 22 | But when she brushed her hair out of her face and peered cautiously over at the bench Guy lay in the same position , completely unmoving . |
| 23 | It dates back to at least the fifth century BC and is still carried out today at the roadside in parts of Asia . |
| 24 | ‘ You disappoint me , ’ he said under his breath , and Rachel 's heart beat even faster at the darkness in his voice . |
| 25 | Well , then , you 'll know why just at the moment the Consul-General does n't want trouble between Moslems and Copts . ’ |
| 26 | No study looks systematically either at the role of girls vis-à-vis masculine delinquency , or at the possible importance of girls ' groups in female deviancy . |
| 27 | It 's starts very quietly at the stage , there 's very little you know |
| 28 | It , it is n't being approached very vigorously at the moment , er in a general sense because of two things . |
| 29 | " Get outside this , " she said , slamming the tin mug of coffee in front of him , and sawing away energetically at the loaf . |
| 30 | And it 's Tommy who 's scored , the young Irishman has done so well at the heart of the defence for Shrewsbury , has got into the opposition penalty area and what about this for a score line ? |