Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he tried smiling back at the serious-faced child , for this must surely be a tease . |
| 2 | Next moment the swirling fog in the alley was suddenly lit to a brilliant white by the head lamps of the car which came roaring in at the far end . |
| 3 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 4 | Tallis followed glancing back at the huge carvings , their grotesque faces watching her , some compassionately , some with mocking expressions . |
| 5 | But Professor Avenarius was late , and I kept watching the woman ; she was alone at the pool , standing waist-deep in the water , and she kept looking up at the young lifeguard in sweatpants who was teaching her to swim . |
| 6 | I kept looking up at the Royal Box and thinking , ‘ Stevie Foster would have stood there . ’ ’ |
| 7 | the basis is you keep going in at the wrong level it 's the educational process at ground level |
| 8 | ‘ Otherwise , if they keep coming in at the same rate , Hong Kong will be totally swamped and will not be able to cope . |
| 9 | Joseph said glancing up at the serious young man . |
| 10 | He lives in Whitehaven with his wife , Hilda , and his plans for retirement include helping out at the local United Reformed Church where he is an elder . ’ |
| 11 | By now they were in the square , and stood gazing up at the gilded splendour of the cathedral 's spire and turrets , bright in the low November sun . |
| 12 | They stood gazing out at the few early swallows looping around the hazy , fragrant air . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose you want me to go first , ’ said Caspar as they stood looking up at the open window , which was grimy and smeary , but much lower than the other windows . |
| 14 | Instead , she went to the window and stood looking out at the vast starry sky . |
| 15 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 16 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 17 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 18 | I made a mug of decaf and sat looking round at the crumbling plaster ceiling , the curdled paintwork , the tatty carpet and the flophouse furnishings . |
| 19 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 20 | I do not deny uniformitarianism in its true sense , that is to say , of interpreting the past by means of the processes that we see going on at the present day , so long as we remember that the periodic catastrophe ( including sudden events like the rush of a turbidity current ) is one of those processes . |
| 21 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |