Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 2 | Ingrid Heseltine , an EC civil servant , found the vacancies tucked away at the back of Euro documents , printed in French . |
| 3 | Do n't these people realise that dozens of reviewers are likely to spend several hours gazing blankly at the album sleeve as they try to come up with some natty simile to describe the musical contents therein ? |
| 4 | Preston and London East are already there ( CONGRATULATIONS ! ) and I know you have all been working hard to ensure the National Assessment goes well at the end of November . |
| 5 | The mare plunged gallantly at the hillside , but even the long rest in the dark cool wood had not restored her full strength . |
| 6 | Ushered in at last , passing through a spotless surgery agleam with modern equipment , and offered seats in an equally efficient-looking office , Sophie 's heart jerked suddenly at the sight of the man who was holding out his hand . |
| 7 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 8 | Nails screeched and popped , and the board juddered away at the bottom as something outside slammed against the wood . |
| 9 | His long hair stopped neatly at the level where it curved most attractively , but his shave was indifferent . |
| 10 | Iain looked up when Andrew came in but quickly returned his attention to the screen when he heard the volley of shots and his lips parted slightly at the crescendo of violence and glamour . |
| 11 | Bernice gazed stupidly at the engineer . |
| 12 | BBC English plans a revised edition of the BBC English Dictionary every year but first the paperback edition ( itself revised ) , appears this month with the encyclopedic entries listed separately at the back . |
| 13 | Together they formed the Jewish Comedy Club appearing Upstairs At The Picket in Hardman Street as part of the Liverpool Festival of Comedy . |
| 14 | Bernice peered questioningly at the Doctor . |
| 15 | While a Western eye is familiar with the process of looking , as it were , through an image to what it represents or means , an Eastern critic looks also at the surface of a painting or a drawing , in which a poem or other calligraphic element may form an integral part of the work . |
| 16 | Once you have all your lists of goals written somewhere at the front of your diary , you are ready to start . |
| 17 | It would be like the attempt to look directly at the sun that dazzles and finally blinds rather than enlightens . |
| 18 | Candy 's cornflower-blue eyes widened incredulously at the sacrilege . |
| 19 | I had a vision of the little green car waiting quietly at the roadside . |
| 20 | 3605/1732 , Photographs by Tim Edgar look closely at the area of Bristol defined by the Ordnance survey reference of the title ( until 1 Feb ) . |
| 21 | A light flared briefly at the side of the furthest cart , and then a torch flew through the air over the target . |
| 22 | Waking or sleeping his mind fretted away at the case , images drifted in and out of his consciousness , words and phrases came to mind in a confusing jumble but once , in a doze , it seemed that Beryl was actually speaking to him in her clear , cracked voice . |
| 23 | Hale 's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer , a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture . |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , ’ Bonanza pulled slowly at the lobe of his left ear . |
| 25 | I have a horse running tomorrow at the Curragh . ’ |
| 26 | Bernice stared distastefully at the physicist , recumbent on the floor . |
| 27 | I like that Harrow School Song the kids sang yesterday at the breaking-up stunt , do n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | The Chelonian 's eyes stared vacantly at the roof of the tent . |
| 29 | The old car went well at the start of the season , but attention to detail was wanting . |
| 30 | Grimma looked helplessly at the crowd . |