Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She peered appraisingly at herself in the mirror , pulling faces as if she were alone , and I was embarrassed by her candour . |
| 2 | She had brought herself a new swimsuit but after she had changed she 'd stared critically at herself in the mirror in the changing-room . |
| 3 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 4 | So clearly now , the , there 's some merit in looking afresh at it in the light of five B , being able to match the kind of funding that 's available there . |
| 5 | Meredith , looking up at it in the sunshine , felt five years old again . |
| 6 | Curtis then came back at him in the following set , to take a 4–2 lead , but the Nottingham player was swift to respond with a counter-attack , taking the next two games to square the set . |
| 7 | But the way Wycombe came back at us in the first game should serve as a warning that it will not be easy . ’ |
| 8 | He arrived home at one in the morning . |
| 9 | I look up at myself in the mirror while I 'm soaking my hands . |
| 10 | But Slorne could only stare mutely at him in the cold moonlight . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never seen so many motorbikes at once before , ’ Maria confessed , staring disbelievingly at one in the lane alongside , two small children wedged between youthful-looking adults . |
| 12 | She had been woken up at one in the morning by Mr Landor and again at four , and both times he had been abusive , calling her ‘ a bitch as fat and stupid ’ as his wife . |
| 13 | His own address stared up at him in the same black hand |
| 14 | The special difficulty is not how to choose between several alternative computational accounts , once we have got them , but how to arrive even at one in the first place . |
| 15 | Brushing the damp hair from her brow , Laura stared drearily at herself in the mirror . |
| 16 | In the early days of the band , before John arrived , he 'd beaver away at us in the pub , making us think through our attitudes We ’ d be sitting there talking about music and he 'd dive in . |
| 17 | " Coming out to play ? " he said , smiling up at her in the sunlight . |
| 18 | Turning around to peer up at him in the gathering darkness , Laura had no clue what he was thinking as she viewed his bland expression , which echoed the studied unconcern in his voice . |