Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 2 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 3 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 4 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 5 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 6 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |
| 7 | And from the depths of the pool little yellow frogs stared up at the nomes . |
| 8 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |
| 9 | Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use . |
| 10 | Lever pointed out at the mountains . |
| 11 | Zen gazed up at the shelves loaded with rows of books as uniform as bricks . |
| 12 | Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her . |
| 13 | Speaking to journalists , the former deputy Labour leader on Liverpool council hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 14 | We huddled in its dark ruinous rooms sipping bitter tea while gusts of sand blew in at the doorways . |
| 15 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 16 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 17 | However , on the eve of today 's clash with Coventry at Highbury , which could result in Arsenal going top , Graham hit back at the fans who have attacked Dixon . |
| 18 | They were standing there , eating crisps , their minds blank , when suddenly a smart green mini pulled up at the steps before them . |
| 19 | The doves flew in at the mouths and made their nests inside . |
| 20 | Li Shai Tung looked back at the pictures above the bed with new understanding . |
| 21 | Graham looked up at the skies and sighed . |
| 22 | Bjaaland looked back at the mountains . |
| 23 | The herb beds should be lightly dug over with a fork , weeded if necessary , and the invasive plants chopped back at the roots . |
| 24 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 25 | It would be easy enough ( in theory ) to get money for Everest or K2 , but if Mick and Vic turned up at the doors of a giant multi-national with the word ‘ Ultar ’ on their portfolio , they might well be shown the corporate door . |
| 26 | DEREK HATTON , the former Labour politician cleared yesterday of plotting to defraud Liverpool city council , last night hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 27 | Holding her , Anna looked up at the others . |
| 28 | Miranda looked down at the stones below . |
| 29 | Philip looked out at the houses , some of the front gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them . |
| 30 | Mr Blair hit out at the bombers for giving such ‘ inadequate warnings . ’ |