Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When he closed his eyes , fatigue swam up at him in a mazy spiral , making his head spin as if he were drunk . |
2 | its going to come round at you in a minute , so I 'll talk about it until it gets to you , erm , it delighted my children this particular painting , erm and I decided to put my sort of analytical approach to one side erm and do something with that later , so this poem is from my , my children 's point of view and one of the things that are very interested , they were really worried , that , erm , I think it marks the height of the table and the fact that the puppies might fall off and do themselves some harm , that , I 'll read it while its going round and then I can see then , that , so this is , ok , from my children 's point of view this poem , its called Threes , Table laid and waiting , milk place in bowl not to high , they lap and swirl , played and roll , paws distance from knocking and breaking goblet , made from clay . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | She closed it and leaned against it , looking up at me in an unconsciously provocative attitude . |
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 | But Slorne could only stare mutely at him in the cold moonlight . |
9 | The group of pirates had clustered in one corner of the bar , and we all staring directly at me in an unblinking , bloody-icing way . |
10 | These are usually concealed and then flashed at the last moment , giving the prospective predator the impression that it is approaching a much larger animal and one that is staring straight at it in a defiant manner . |
11 | For a moment , he thought that his wildest dreams were about to come true : she was staring back at him in a deep , soulful way that he was sure meant love . |
12 | His own address stared up at him in the same black hand |
13 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
14 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
15 | He merely looked back at me in a rather peculiar silence . |
16 | She smiled down at him in a funny way , stroked his head , touched his cheek with the back of her fingers . |
17 | He smiled down at her in a drunken , rather disquieting sort of way . |
18 | Charles 's earliest memory is playing quietly on the floor with a train set while his mother sat sobbing on the edge of the bed , his father smiling weakly at him in a forlorn attempt to reassure his son that everything was all right . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | " Coming out to play ? " he said , smiling up at her in the sunlight . |
21 | 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 . |