Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance . |
| 2 | The system of planning controls imposes limits on their freedom to locate operations where they will or to increase the scale , or change the nature , of the activities carried on at a particular site . |
| 3 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 4 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 5 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 7 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 8 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 9 | The warning 's based on research carried out at the Public Health Laboratory in Gloucester after the 'flu epidemic of 1989 . |
| 10 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 11 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 12 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 13 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
| 14 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 15 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 16 | According to the foreign journalists camped out at the Intercontinental Hotel for weeks hoping for a simple soundbite from El Presidente , he was not seeing anyone . |
| 17 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 18 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 19 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 20 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 21 | Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape . |
| 22 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 23 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 24 | Mr Michael Poynor , the adjudicator , commended director Harry Foy for an energetic production which kept the action moving along at a fast pace . |
| 25 | The groundswell in ‘ Chopin ’ is more urgent than usual , more truly agitato , the final march takes off at a cracking pace , and earlier Cortot , in common with Rachmaninov , includes ‘ Sphinxes ’ , a witty addition and an amusingly dour presence among the clowns and dreamers of Schumann 's masked ball . |
| 26 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 27 | When the late Conservative administration did its sums at the end of 1963 it found that its future programme worked out at an annual rate of increase of 4.1 per cent . |
| 28 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 29 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 30 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |