Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it properly refereed or passed through at the urgings of the editor ? |
| 2 | If you were sick or unemployed ( provided you sent in sick notes to your Social Security office or signed on at the Unemployment Benefit office ) ; |
| 3 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 4 | He gritted his teeth against the shame that welled up at the thought of what he 'd let happen to her , then met her eyes again , smiling . |
| 5 | Also had further letter from Notts County Council about Nottinghamshire Minerals local plan , asking us again if we have any representations to make , I think it was decided at a previous meeting that we did not , erm Colin Williamson , production of development and planning at Newton and Sherwood District Council , it 's proposal to run seminars for Parish Councils on planning policies , law and procedures , and we would like to know erm whether erm we would be interested in attending , and how many people would wish , he he has earmarked temporarily twenty eighth of March , which is a Monday , as a possible date at town hall , so if er if you think that would be something that you would be erm interested in going to , the topics erm are really I think things that came up at the Parish Council 's conference , the questions about planning , about the rules , and the policies , and the procedures etcetera , the erm , and visitors were talking last thing for sixth of December for five minutes , and the discussion for half an hour to three quarters , commencing at half past seven , so er if anyone 's interested in attending that ? |
| 6 | The words of Chris Bott , anarchist or , more politely , ‘ libertarian left ’ , as laid out in giant 36-point type and printed in lurid blue on a red background on the cover of Ink , one of the crop of underground papers that sprang up at the end of the 1960s . |
| 7 | What she did see was hair the colour of rich , ruby port wine , swept up , somehow , from the forehead and hanging past her shoulders in a heavy , shining mass that curled under at the sides and bottom like a long page-boy bob . |
| 8 | Now it was an established custom that we very often used to go out to a strip in the desert away from the camp where we could indulge in circuits and landings to our hearts content without being related to the hour by hour flying that went on at the Base camp . |
| 9 | It was precisely that peculiar combination of laisser-faire rule over the kingdom at large , but absolute personal involvement with all that went on at the centre , in institutional as well as individual and personal affairs , which is the notable quality of kingship in Scotland and explains the high level of prestige and control which the crown enjoyed . |
| 10 | This jerk kept the pram moving over the few inches between the foot of the gentle slope and the beginning of the steep grassy bank that ended up at the road . |
| 11 | Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier . |
| 12 | She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill . |
| 13 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 14 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 15 | She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging . |
| 16 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 17 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 18 | Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method . |
| 19 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 20 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 21 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 22 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 23 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 24 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 25 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 26 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 27 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
| 28 | Indraugnir howled and lashed out at the Bloodthirster with renewed fury , using the last of his fading strength to keep the Blood God 's follower at bay . |
| 29 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 30 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |