Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] at the [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 What does , what does Lou , Lou Reed describe at the beginning of his song , Walk On The Wild Side ?
2 Flavia saw Andrée glance at the square of oil-cloth off which she ate her meals .
3 Paul felt his heart sink at the sight of them .
4 Only when these two inputs are simultaneously high does an output appear at the collector of TR4 .
5 George lay with bated breath until he heard the taxi turn at the end of the street , then jumped from the bed .
6 How else would the dreamer know at the beginning of the dream ( as he or she always does ) that something horrific was going to happen ?
7 She did n't see Jack appear at the end of the corridor behind her , or see Mick lift his head and meet the level gaze .
8 Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself .
9 Smiling to herself , she began to write up his case , then , suddenly , she heard the bell ring at the door of the waiting-room .
10 Now , as the light leached back into the world , he saw the door open at the head of the steps and a figure appear .
11 My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election .
12 For the first time Endill felt his stomach turn at the idea of going to school .
13 The three sales office personnel will be able to let a customer know at the touch of a key exactly what is the pack size , price and availability of the product required .
14 ’ Corbett felt his nervousness return at the wall of silence which greeted him .
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