Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day which ended terribly at the presidential palace started badly at the same venue . |
| 2 | The political pilgrim should not stumble through backstreets and alleys with only glimpses of his goal , then suddenly at the last moment find all revealed ; rather he should approach it in awe , aware of its enormous size from a great distance . |
| 3 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 4 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 5 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 6 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 7 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 8 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 9 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |
| 10 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 11 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 12 | Yanto jumped on to a large flat rock , still trying to keep his boots dry , and looked down at the huge mud covered object . |
| 13 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 14 | Phosphorus concentrations were measured only at the four sites listed . |
| 15 | He had been on the point of hiding in the kiosk : only at the last moment had he dived beneath it . |
| 16 | Palmer 's guess , recorded in his notebooks of 13 March , was that the rocks had catalysed the fusion , and so at the 7 April meeting the group discussed various metals that could be prime candidates for the process . |
| 17 | Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage . |
| 18 | ‘ You must think I 'm an inconsiderate devil if you 're expecting to be thrown in at the deep end to struggle as best you can . ’ |
| 19 | He should be brought in at the earliest stages to advise on venues — which would save time , money and frustration . |
| 20 | Fully flexible or ‘ soft ’ , it has excellent lifting power , taking air in at the leading edge to assume a wing section which is retained by multiple shroud lines . |
| 21 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 22 | She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there . |
| 23 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 24 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 25 | Surrounded by snow and dressed in concert clothes , the two musicians played for a German television crew and a small audience of artists while Serb snipers perched only 150 yards away at the front line took pot shots . |
| 26 | Sitting in the compartment in my dark city suit , working away at the bright knitting caused a lot of second glances from passers-by , but usually ensured I kept the compartment to myself . |
| 27 | But Anne Dawson and Wesley Smith are waiting , over at the Three Counties Show in Malvern . |
| 28 | Then he landed in Oxford just at the right time to go out to the factory and it was open , and you had to get your car as soon as you could and see that everything was all right . |
| 29 | We should look not just at the actual drug taking itself , but also at what makes people want to take drugs . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm looking outside at the lovely trees changing the colour . |