Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Golden lads and lasses had just breakfasted on golden toast , a little blackened at the edge in some cases , spread with golden shred or golden syrup . |
| 2 | At very least this habit will get us out of a rigid frame of mind which only looks at the problem in away determined by experience . |
| 3 | Athelstan sat looking at her in wonderment , constantly marvelling at the difference in women , contrasting this hag to the beauty of Lady Isabella . |
| 4 | Whereas-it was common in their own time for the Teddy Boys to be contrasted with a nostalgically remembered state of pre-existing harmony ‘ twenty years ago ’ or ‘ before the war ’ , given the real horror which greeted their arrival we can perhaps only marvel at the way in which the nostalgic trick of amnesia can now work in the Teds ' favour . |
| 5 | There she was , sitting forlornly in a corner and , unlike all the other dogs , making no noise , just gazing at the floor in a philosophical way . |
| 6 | I 'm not I do n't necessarily want to dispute them erm all I would say is that we have to look at the implications do n't just look at the change in the traffic flows and take them as a as a point , you have to look at the implications of those changes in traffic flows . |
| 7 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests . |
| 8 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 9 | Emily asked the Princess not to look at the work in progress , ‘ and she was very good about it . |
| 10 | Just look at the record in the last two years alone . |
| 11 | They just look at the report in the paper and say how on earth was this man fined fifty pounds for this offence . |
| 12 | The caption on p.34 bottom left states that the Merriam knapsack was standard issue ; in fact , of course , the Merriam was an unpopular novelty issued to certain units on a trial basis ( e.g. the 71st NY Volunteer Infantry ) and was not used at the front in any great numbers . |
| 13 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
| 14 | That 's part of the trouble , part of why he is so lonely , but she just looked at the carpet in silence , at the dark place where Luke had once spilled black coffee . |
| 15 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 16 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 17 | Romania 's near total isolation was further underlined at the congress in a series of attacks on perestroika . |
| 18 | The boys , on a two-week holiday , were quickly comforted at the show in Bridgend , South Wales . |
| 19 | Sue 's friend Alison Cope , who also worked at the centre in Capel Curig , Gwynedd , was travelling with them . |
| 20 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 21 | It contains articles on a range of topics that were originally presented at the Research in chemical education in the tertiary sector symposium held in Nottingham in September 1990 . |
| 22 | I can picture her now sitting at the harmonium in her black lace gown , me standing beside her as we sang together . |
| 23 | I had n't even looked at the floor in case I got nostalgic for my own personal locks now lost to me for ever . |
| 24 | We did n't start at the top in those days . |
| 25 | He flicked his own eyes towards the rear seat , and his heart leapt as the black man 's eyes narrowed slightly then glanced at the figure in the back . |
| 26 | IBM 's main manufacturing base in Europe was West Germany , a fact which was doubtless emphasized at the time in Bonn . |
| 27 | A waiter stood over them , sadly staring at the bill in its saucer . |
| 28 | I 've never found that a congenial notion ; it seemed to me that there were ways to be quite contemporary and yet go at the art in a fashion that would allow you to tell complicated stories simply for the aesthetic pleasure of complexity of complication and unravelment , suspense , and the rest . |
| 29 | Unlike the past participle and the -ing form , however , the infinitive does not evoke its event as partially or completely realized at the point in time where it is referred to its support , and so the incidence of the event to the support can itself be seen as a mere possibility . |
| 30 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |