Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside two young men peered in at the lighted women with their bottles and Jonquil 's cans of Carlsberg . |
| 2 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 3 | So if I wanted to find out erm Let's do that one with the the N H S , and this time I want to know how much it 's going to be It starts off at a hundred pounds . |
| 4 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | John looks up at the grey eyes so far away . |
| 7 | Chuck hesitated and peered out at the teeming streets of Cholon , which they were entering . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 10 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 11 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 12 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was kneeling by a pool , looking up at the towering trees that surrounded him — quiet , intent , somehow unsurprised . |
| 19 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 20 | Charlton had the decency to colour up at the bare-faced plugs for his product that the worthy representing British Gas had been able to lever into his opening peroration . |
| 21 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 22 | FIGHTS break out at a Black Rights demonstration in Euston , London . |
| 23 | The enquiry looked at 1208 people who , in the application year ending 31 March 1980 , enquired , submitted application forms or dropped out at the various stages of the process of seeking to be matriculated , as well as those who matriculated and graduated . |
| 24 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 25 | ‘ Poor things , ’ I thought , looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior . |
| 26 | I mean if you , you 're the burglar now and you 're planning to break in a house , and you 're looking around at the different houses and you 're trying to , one of the many things you 're trying to do is to establish whether they 're in or out . |
| 27 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 28 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 29 | Still hurrying along at a hundred miles an hour he leaned over towards me and lowered his voice . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |