Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 2 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 3 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 4 | He 'd looked up at the great thing dropping out of the sky right towards his head , and had flung himself down , expecting at any second to become just a little greasy mark in a great big hole . |
| 5 | He looked up at the great tower soaring above him . |
| 6 | Yet , when the think-tank was wound up at the first Cabinet meeting after the 1983 general election , not a single minister spoke up in its defence . |
| 7 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 8 | ‘ Hmm , ’ she grumbled , then sat back and looked out at the rush-hour traffic crawling into London on the M4 . |
| 9 | Gazing out at the grey sky turning slowly blue , or glancing aimlessly through the newspaper 's parade of politics , fashion , commerce and sport , Charlotte felt a numb remoteness from the wider world . |
| 10 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 11 | Glancing back at the young man waiting in the doorway , he gestured impatiently to Ellen . |
| 12 | Rushing around at the last minute trying to obtain foreign currency and travellers cheques is not the best preparation for a business trip abroad . |