Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Banks it always was who gazed grimly at the enemy submarine from the bridge , Michael Banks who ignored the smoke pouring from his Spitfire 's engine as he trained his sights on the alien Messerschmidt . |
| 2 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 3 | Settling himself in one of the big , shabby armchairs , Tug gazed suspiciously at the television screen and waited for a picture to appear . |
| 4 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 5 | He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order . |
| 6 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 7 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 8 | Next morning Lucy found herself seated alone at the corner table , and when Jean brought her breakfast she learnt that Silas and Matt had left earlier to help the farm manager move cattle into different fields . |
| 9 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 10 | The distinctive aroma of chocolate and liqueurs will entice you to view the delectable selection of hand made quality chocolates and fudge made daily at the village confectionery . |
| 11 | When mum and I had checked in at the travel desk and given in our suit cases we were able to wander around and have something to eat until our flight was called out . |
| 12 | When W. C. T. was two years old his mother gave birth to his brother John ; the pair of them were baptised together at the parish church on 21 January 1775 . |
| 13 | They were the sorts of contacts that you have when you 're signing on at the Employment Benefits Office , when you 're going to a job interview erm and often these are very negative because the experience of signing on is n't a very pleasant experience at all ; most job interviews , unfortunately , end with a rejection erm so a lot of these non-routine contacts were quite negatives ones for people . |
| 14 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 15 | These wide , panoramic views are usually extremely compatible , as Natassa combines views of two of the Tyne Bridges in one double shot ; looks down at the field pattern provided by the flagstones at the corner of the street ; looks back on-shore , from the water 's edge ; or concentres on old rotting timbers out to sea . |
| 16 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 17 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 18 | Its regulated , preventive surveillance features , in practice meant ‘ moving on ’ those civilians who dared to stand idly at the street corner . |
| 19 | We lose some of the sense of taste as we get older , but the temptation to add more salt to food , and to eat salty foods , should be resisted — salt is best added only at the cooking stage ; not at the table . |
| 20 | We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’ |
| 21 | There the plaintiff had booked in at the reception desk of a hotel and only subsequently , on entering her room , did she discover behind the door a notice which claimed to exclude the hotel 's liability for guests ’ property . |
| 22 | The baptistery stands separately at the south-west corner of the cathedral and was begun in 1196 . |
| 23 | Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter 's shop . |
| 24 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 25 | I 've planned me route , I 'm going down the M six , I need to come off at the spaghetti junction whatever it is , and I 'm going to check me clock and I 'm going allow plenty of time to get there . |
| 26 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 27 | At the very last minute Nessie handed the pig bucket to Tim , who was sitting at the back with Kevin and the children ready to jump off at the road end . |
| 28 | The truck took us to where the Imlil-Toubkal road branched off at the market town of Asni and there we swapped to the normal ‘ shared taxis ’ into Marrakech for a merry night at the Hotel Ali — famous for its buffet dinners and the starting point for many adventures . |
| 29 | Cornelius stopped off at the telephone box to call Mr Yarrow at his home . |
| 30 | On the way home we stopped off at an alcohol centre and had a pint . |