Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He had gained five distinctions in his Matriculation examinations and it had been decided that he would stay on at the College until he was eighteen to take Higher School Certificate .
2 The temptation and the suspense novel , a book in which a high degree of identification both from intellectual curiosity and emotional involvement is necessary for the writer as much as the reader , is to catch hold of some intriguing initial situation , sit down at the typewriter and go racing ahead from there .
3 She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile .
4 They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner .
5 The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room .
6 A spokesman at the hotel said he and the other members of the team had checked in at the weekend and appeared to be none the worse for their ordeal .
7 Beringed hands waved in a frenzy around Miranda 's own boldly streaked , mane-like hair , and Belinda quickly paid and left , realising she had been very lucky to get squeezed in at the salon when so many women wanted to look special for Christmas .
8 Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace .
9 When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her .
10 The more intelligent networks will be able to recognise codes , keyed in at the telephone and will store much more data than is possible today .
11 Well , when I say less strenuous , I mean you leap in at the level that suits .
12 Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able .
13 Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace .
14 They are sitting by the eye of the stream where it looks up at the sun before it weeps down the mountainside .
15 Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ .
16 Finally , I propose to call no person more than once to accept that the movers will have the opportunity of winding up at the end and I would please ask you to wait until you have been called .
17 ‘ I 'm afraid that my husband is often caught up at the hospital and so I simply do n't know whether he will be free . ’
18 It was better to stand out at the beginning than to go in with the expectation that he would soon have to provoke a further crisis by resignation .
19 Nothing is more infuriating than reading about something that appeals to you , only to find out at the end that you are not eligible .
20 The attacks started after building work began on the biggest improvement scheme carried out at the centre since it first opened in 1982 .
21 ‘ Oldham like to attack but then naturally there is a chance they can be caught out at the back so it is up to us to exploit that . ’
22 But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’
23 Her father squinted down at the page but she banged the book shut and slid it back on the shelf .
24 She wailed , standing there , looking in at the room that had nothing left of him .
25 In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me .
26 I remember somebody came in at the shop and says the Newminster School had been sent home , but where , which school 's that ?
27 A new style of official entertaining came in at the Palace and still survives .
28 ‘ Romans line up at the camp and Brits over there in the woods , ’ Nigel instructed .
29 The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry .
30 No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there .
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