Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bending forward , she trailed her mouth delicately across the bridge of his nose to his cheek , then down to hover tantalisingly at the corner of his mouth .
2 The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide .
3 ‘ Good heavens , ’ he said softly , squatting down to peer closely at the canvas , ‘ that 's the — What a pity it 's damaged . ’
4 Horses are sensible enough to shy away at the sound of a hiss .
5 And yet the impact on us is considerable , and I 'm seriously wondering whether the major spending committees ought not to look again at the budgets that they 're erm , and I 've discussed this with , and obviously education is the big problem , but er , I 'm not convinced that erm , the sums of money which we 're being asked to pay out , not be taken from the education budget without too dra drastic an effect on the school .
6 Another point for them to remember is not to speak directly at the microphone but to aim instead just over the top of it ; this is to reduce the pick-up of breath noises and the distortion of plosive consonants .
7 I am pleased at the progress on that issue , but may I ask the Minister now to look urgently at the decision to allow a Scottish ferry company to run the ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle ?
8 She refused outright to live here at the château .
9 Sitting DUP councillor Gardiner Kane boosted his vote dramatically to romp home at the head of the poll in the Ballycastle ward .
10 She swung round to stare wordlessly at the driver of the utility truck , who now leaned nonchalantly in the doorway .
11 She opened them again to peep briefly at the signature .
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