Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] 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 | ‘ Yes , I most certainly do ! ’ he told her before turning back to stare down at the flushed features of his wife . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Broussac , on our way home , stopped to jeer in at the lighted windows of Master Ferrebourg 's office . |
| 5 | ‘ We leave winter behind us , it seems , ’ Tagan said , turning in the saddle to look back at the still-white hills . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not your fault if my old boyfriends choose to drop in at the wrong moments . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They are encouraged to speak up at the regular meetings for care assistants , which are held three times a week . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There he lifted a corner of the curtain to peer out at the bright patches of daylight filtering through the trees . |