Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 2 | I expect I woke up at the wrong time . |
| 3 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 4 | I called in at the wrong time . |
| 5 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
| 6 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
| 7 | I stared down at the white face of the ratman . |
| 8 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 9 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
| 10 | Slowly I looked around at the other boys . |
| 11 | I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation . |
| 12 | As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about . |
| 13 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 14 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
| 15 | I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando . |
| 16 | I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti . |
| 17 | Wistfully , I looked back at the haunting beauty of the well . |
| 18 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 19 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 20 | I looked down at the glistening pavements . |
| 21 | I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make . |
| 22 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 23 | Worrell had been vice-captain against England in 1953–4 , but when Australia toured a year later the selectors ' feet , apparently , had turned cold ; Denis Atkinson , who had little captaincy experience , was made Stollmeyer 's deputy , and as Stollmeyer then missed three Tests through injury , found himself pitched in at the deep end . |
| 24 | If you 're looking for ground-breaking mayhem , you got off at the wrong Greyhound stop . |
| 25 | Lindsey found her hands gripping the deck rail as she gazed out at the golden track made by the fading sun on the water . |
| 26 | Laura took in the boundless wealth surrounding her , the possibilities of power , she gazed back at the golden coffin of the false messiah and back at Jonathan . |
| 27 | She peered around at the various exhibits , squinting into the sun . |
| 28 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 29 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 30 | good recruiting period and we had er thirty o thirty one I think it was or thirty four new members who came in at the general election . |