Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | With difficulty I raised my gaze to her face , staring dazedly at the soft abundance of her mouth , the petal-perfect skin , the powerful femaleness that radiated from her eyes . |
2 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
3 | Mait shrank into his chair on Henri 's verandah , staring out gloomily at the glittering expanse of lake below . |
4 | I have opted for a selection of Amazon Swords , Giant Vallis , Fountain plants , Twisted Vallis and Cryptocorynes , The Crypts will fare better at the dimmer end of the tank . |
5 | I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about . |
6 | Rare animals found included the Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis , another snail which is apparently at the northern limit of its range in Britain , and a freshwater limpet Acroloxus lacustris . |
7 | Perhaps it is in this context that Evangelicals and Catholics have to look afresh at the troublesome problem of speaking of the sacrament as a ‘ sacrifice ’ . |
8 | So daunting is this prospect , that many taxpayers should look afresh at the best forms of taxation and the best destinations for the proceeds . |
9 | I looked doubtfully at the rickety structure of planks and corrugated iron . |
10 | Jack looked doubtfully at the waxen face of his stepfather . |
11 | To soften his feelings , however , we learned that the Professor from time to time gave him a fee which far exceeded the amount of the toll … just by the Bridge , turnstiles admitted foot-passengers to pass by different paths , intersecting the large extent of open ground , some of this led to Somers Town , Red Lion Street , etc … here and there , especially at the lower portion of the [ College ] ground , walls were standing , some of them being eight or ten feet high . ’ |
12 | The main aim was to win new audiences and so there was always room for experiment , especially at the better end of the market . |
13 | I am prepared to argue that doing business involves , even at the lower levels in an organization but especially at the higher levels of management , semantic problem-solving ; for example , agreeing on boundaries , identifying individuals , establishing and maintaining classifications , conjecturing ways of doing things that belong in no existing formal schema . |
14 | This evidence is surprisingly extensive , especially at the western end of the site , though more excavation is essential to clarify its distribution . |
15 | The program designer needs to be in communication with the curriculum designer , especially at the very beginning of the development . |
16 | Having entered this Christian society the individual had to conform to its beliefs and to demonstrate conformity by attendance at Church , especially at the main feasts of the ecclesiastical year . |
17 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
18 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
19 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
20 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
21 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
22 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
23 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
24 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
25 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
28 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
29 | Morse looked at her : looked at the piled-up hair above her wistful face ; looked down at the full and observably bra-less bosom ; looked down at the taut stretch of black stocking between the knee and the thigh of her crossed right leg . |
30 | He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house . |