Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 2 | ‘ Hello stranger , ’ Cormack had said aggressively , and Amanda had looked nervously at the two men . |
| 3 | If one looks only at the outer signs , one may see a cantankerous , dotty old person , but in the soul something very different may be perceived . |
| 4 | Outside two young men peered in at the lighted women with their bottles and Jonquil 's cans of Carlsberg . |
| 5 | I do not know whether the pattern which we see in this country — of significant differences between girls and boys appearing only at the higher levels of achievement — would also apply to the SIMS data . |
| 6 | If the baby looks more at the new patterns , it indicates that he/she can discriminate them from the original . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | John looks up at the grey eyes so far away . |
| 9 | Chuck hesitated and peered out at the teeming streets of Cholon , which they were entering . |
| 10 | Sadly , it has been our experience in the past that the most specialised work carried out at the Atomic Weapons Establishment leads scientists into a cul-de-sac of research that has little , or no , relevance to science as practised in civilian life … |
| 11 | One of the richest and most ancient human civilisations lies today at the cultural roots of the world 's most economically vibrant region . |
| 12 | Karl , his head turned steadily to his right , peered intently at the run-down flats and battered buildings and factories lining small side-streets , each and every one of which ended in that apparently insignificant , almost unobtrusive wall of grey concrete blocks . |
| 13 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 14 | But even so Elizabeth should have known what she was walking into , should have looked closely at the encircling fields , the rock-built house and Hywel all muddy and iced and quiet from winter toil . |
| 15 | Or , at least , she had done so at the Young Conservatives ' Summer Dance in July . |
| 16 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 17 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 18 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 19 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's him , ’ said Sergeant Comstock , looking down at the slow rivulets of storm-water trickling down out of clothing and hair to wind their way thankfully through the grass back to the river . |
| 21 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 22 | ‘ What the hell has Marissa got to do with any of this ? ’ he demanded brusquely , frowning down at the flushed cheeks of the girl sitting on the sofa . |
| 23 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 24 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 25 | I 'm looking outside at the lovely trees changing the colour . |
| 26 | Sometimes you make a mistake , and you are not a Bisu at all , but simply what they " — he gestured resignedly at the howling spectators — " call us all anyway , just " lady boys " ! " |
| 27 | It is because it is applied recursively at the growing tips all over the tree — branches make sub-branches , then each sub-branch makes sub-sub-branches , and so on — that the whole tree ends up large and bushy . |
| 28 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 29 | Papers are not necessarily priced according to their surfaces , Rough , Not or HP and it is worth looking carefully at the various makes and their qualities , as two papers may have similar characteristics but be quite different in price . |
| 30 | She shivered as she thought of the creature who might even now be stalking the velvet blackness outside , looking up at the lighted windows , deciding whether or not to break in . |