Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He expects me to carry on up at the manor as though it 's just another working day. ? |
| 2 | ‘ But I do n't think either ourselves or Forest will be struggling down there at the end of the season . ’ |
| 3 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 4 | The windows of the five-storey buildings , with ornate wrought-iron balconies , peered down condescendingly at the passers-by , smug in their classic mantles of ivy and flowering creepers . |
| 5 | They 've agreed they 're gon na use this federation one as a short stop gap an an I think Paul 's point is spot on , it might be a bit silly to jump in just at the moment |
| 6 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 7 | But it 's a Rozario 's got to come off now at the moment he 's just er a big sums it up there . |
| 8 | Guido drew up abruptly at the side of the road . |
| 9 | They completed a circular walk through the woods , tramping through leaves and bracken and ending up back at the minibus where Sybil announced it was time to go back to Conway House for lunch . |
| 10 | Like one of those European taxis that you get picked up in at the airport in Paris . ’ |
| 11 | All the time he had this great bursting feeling of utter incredulity inside him ; it kept exploding , he kept laughing out loud at the memory of the amazing appearance before his very eyes of this whole new life ; the shock of it would not fade . |
| 12 | ‘ Years ago we threw the old didacticism ( dowdy morality ) out of the window ; it has come back in at the door wearing modern dress ( smart values ) and we do not even recognize it ’ ( p. 159 ) . |
| 13 | It dates back to at least the fifth century BC and is still carried out today at the roadside in parts of Asia . |
| 14 | She could hang around up at the Karl Joseph and hope to catch him when he went back after rehearsal , but the same applied — everyone would see her . |
| 15 | At ten-thirty next morning Captain Maestrangelo stood at the window in his office looking down intently at the street . |
| 16 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 17 | She tensed up immediately at the prospect of seeing him again , but when she turned right round her heart flipped idiotically in her chest . |
| 18 | and when I looked they did n't have it threaded up right at the top at all I had to re-thread the machine . |
| 19 | Domino hurtled past him , tail wagging madly , looking up expectantly at the stranger . |
| 20 | Although he kept looking up eagerly at the sky , it was obvious that he could see nothing . |
| 21 | Central heating is actually fairly easy to sort out right at the beginning provided you are clear about certain facts . |
| 22 | It is probably best to take this piece seated , to suggest a character looking back reflectively at the events recalled . |
| 23 | Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 . |
| 24 | And that 's one of the things that you came out right at the time , I needed something really swanky for a caption for Rolling Stone . |
| 25 | ‘ Sit , girls , ’ she said , looking round severely at the rows of pupils . |
| 26 | We 've got too much going on here at the moment . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If so , perhaps you can tell me what has been going on up at the Hall that has made Miss Hatherby stop your lessons . ’ |
| 28 | That was fun , compared to what is going on now at the NEA . |
| 29 | The rosy colour faded from Brenda 's cheeks as she thought what might happen if the van went rushing on unawares at the bridge . |
| 30 | Peering down dubiously at the envelope , Monica departed to the bus-stop in the main road , and Alice went in to join the others around the table . |