Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 2 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |
| 3 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 4 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 5 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 6 | A more erudite musician — or courteous companion — you wo n't meet ; and I shall treasure for aye the memory of his sitting down at the grand piano in the front room of his Edinburgh town-house to demonstrate how two operations to his 95-year-old hands had not impaired his keyboard ability : what he then produced was some of the most sheerly beautiful bach playing I have ever heard . |
| 7 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 8 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 9 | Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen |
| 10 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 11 | Witcher gaped down at the smoking hob in his chest . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 13 | Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . |
| 14 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 15 | As caries sets in at a weak point in the tooth 's enamel and spreads to rot the whole tooth , so an appeal to the crown could trigger the decay of local autonomy . |
| 16 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 17 | I checked everything in at the left-luggage office in Liverpool Street station , and then went off to make a couple of telephone calls . |
| 18 | If you 've only seen a De Lorean car in the Back to the Future films then drop in at the old plant in Dunmurry on Saturday afternoon ( 3.30 ) where the dream machine was produced . |
| 19 | Money for clients therefore should normally be handed over at a pre-arranged appointment in the office setting ( it is recognised that home helps may collect pensions for housebound elderly clients ) . |
| 20 | Glancing over at the faint quiver in the hand holding her fork , and at the nervously fluttering long eyelashes , casting dark spiky shadows on her pale , trembling cheeks , he gave her a warm and reassuring smile . |
| 21 | And she turned away , Midnight 's shoes striking sparks in the darkness , and set off at a fast trot in the direction of Sam Sylvester 's semi-detached in Acacia Avenue . |
| 22 | The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire . |
| 23 | ONLY four people turned up at a public meeting in Machynlleth to finalise arrangements for the town 's summer play scheme for local schoolchildren . |
| 24 | They said that a state of infinite density might occur only if the galaxies were moving directly toward or away from each other ; only then would they all have met up at a single point in the past . |
| 25 | Mark looked up at the tiny speck in the stratosphere and imagined he could hear the air hostess requesting passengers to fasten their seat belts . |
| 26 | But Professor Avenarius was late , and I kept watching the woman ; she was alone at the pool , standing waist-deep in the water , and she kept looking up at the young lifeguard in sweatpants who was teaching her to swim . |
| 27 | Only stare up at the gaping hole in his cage and feel the terror of the sky beyond and look at where the broken end of the great branch that had fallen spiked out into the wild sky above as if broken part lay about him , its smaller branches and torn bark fretting on the cold wind . |
| 28 | Later the same day Douglas , Duke of Hamilton — frustrated past belief turned up at the Foreign Office in London and informed them that he was seeking an urgent audience with the King . |
| 29 | I was delighted to see my friend 's happy pudding face again , blinking up at the collapsing mansion in which our flat was located . |
| 30 | ‘ The socialist order is in danger in Hungary because internal and external reactionary forces have launched a counter-offensive aimed at restoring capitalism , ’ warned the manifesto of the party 's ‘ Marxist Unity Platform ’ which was read out at a mass rally in a Budapest stadium . |