Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 2 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 3 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye 's dogs were left inside the car bobbing up at the rear window . |
| 6 | The warning 's based on research carried out at the Public Health Laboratory in Gloucester after the 'flu epidemic of 1989 . |
| 7 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 8 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 9 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 16 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 17 | Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape . |
| 18 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 19 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 20 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 21 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 22 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Rex looked around at the jaded office . |
| 25 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
| 26 | PARISHIONERS and clergy looked back at the past year on Sunday when Headley 's annual vestry and parish meetings were held at the Church Centre . |
| 27 | Meredith looked back at the heaving throng on the shop floor . |
| 28 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 29 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |
| 30 | Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea . |