Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlton had the decency to colour up at the bare-faced plugs for his product that the worthy representing British Gas had been able to lever into his opening peroration . |
| 2 | She turned to smile benevolently at the scurrying passengers behind her . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 4 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 5 | Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office . |
| 6 | People do n't seem to moan on but tend to look more at the positive angles . |
| 7 | ‘ We leave winter behind us , it seems , ’ Tagan said , turning in the saddle to look back at the still-white hills . |
| 8 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 9 | As was usually the way when the magnificent horses were offered for sale , they sold within the hour , leaving Seb to look around at the other animals and sample the pleasures offered to the fair-goers . |
| 10 | The door was opened almost immediately by a tiny grey-haired woman , who looked past Collins to stare hard at the two strangers standing behind him . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 12 | The opportunity has not been missed to point unfavourably at the controversial plans for the Bode Museum in Berlin which , it seems , will not now be restored to its original appearance as when built for Kaiser Friedrich in 1897–1904 . |
| 13 | Even on the premier franchises , the marginal operator is likely to compete only at the best times while the franchisee is left to operate the full seven day service . |
| 14 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’ |
| 16 | He found his sword and started to chop methodically at the doomed arms . |
| 17 | When the dip of the beds is fairly steep towards the sea , there is a tendency for blocks of rock to break off at the joint planes , usually at right angles to the bedding , so that the cliff profile tends to be dominated by the dip of the beds . |
| 18 | They are encouraged to speak up at the regular meetings for care assistants , which are held three times a week . |
| 19 | They proceeded slowly in the afternoon sun , Victoria content to gaze up at the massed conifers as they passed and listen to the rhythmic grating of the eight small horse-shoes on the roadway . |
| 20 | There he lifted a corner of the curtain to peer out at the bright patches of daylight filtering through the trees . |
| 21 | And he was gone , leaving Isabel to gaze blankly at the wooden panels of the door while she cudgelled her brain , trying to decide what had caused such an astounding about-face . |