Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandparents who moved in only at the very end of their lives , just for a few last months , rarely left much of a mark unless earlier contact had been important . |
| 2 | Larsen looked down fondly at the gaunt soot smeared features of the hollow-eyed girl and nodded back . |
| 3 | The Hochhauser Season had come along just at the right time , a time when she needed a little excitement , a little glamour , a little of the old camaraderie that she had known with her friends in Vienna . |
| 4 | Chapman had kept a close watch on Speirs ' feud with Bradford City , and moved in just at the right moment . |
| 5 | Yes , well fortunately this whole Gulf thing seems to have died down will be dying down just at the right time . |
| 6 | Martin charging down on Dobson ; Martin , eyes glaring and lips drawn back in a feral snarl ; Martin , arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson 's head ; Martin , growling savagely at the yobs , daring them to interfere ; Martin , turing angrily as the sergeant pulled the baton from his hand ; finally , Martin , white and shaking , as he looked down disbelievingly at the unconscious Dobson . |
| 7 | Nathaniel Sherman frowned down resentfully at the dead animal . |
| 8 | He looked in briefly at the unconscious girl . |
| 9 | Max appeared disappointed by the reply as he peered down again at the grisly work on which he was engaged . |
| 10 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 11 | She rose to her feet , and looked down again at the rolling hillside covered with fruit and vegetables , with grazing goats , sheep and chickens . |
| 12 | Down on the beach , marvelling all over again at the sheer sweep of it , Elizabeth took a series of picture-postcard shots . |
| 13 | But his mind had clouded over again at the wrong moment and now it was too late . |
| 14 | He looked up suspiciously at the northern sky , clear and tranquil . |
| 15 | Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking . |
| 16 | Just over the edge of the cliff the most wonderful flower of all was growing , roots and leaves out of reach on the rocky perpendicular , but the blue spangle of its bloom poking up invitingly at the jagged rim of the cliff . |
| 17 | ‘ Entirely unnecessary , although for the sake of complete understanding you might like to know that this , ’ Lacuna turned abruptly to the blond girl , who recoiled , ducking her head , and then looking up meekly at the tall woman , ‘ is called Britta . ’ |
| 18 | The O'Neil double-act started up again at the other end of the church , Denis responding to Paddy . |
| 19 | With difficulty she stared up again at the unreachable sky beyond the bars and wire mesh of her cage and though she tried to say more she was unable to , for her wings sagged ever more weakly and she seemed barely able to hold up her head . |
| 20 | She came full circle around the house , and opened a door to find herself looking up again at the dangling corpse statue . |
| 21 | As he edged forward , Sendei glanced up occasionally at the far end . |
| 22 | In no time Leith was getting on famously at the new Massingham Engineering acquisition — which was apparently , for the moment , to keep its G Vasey Ltd name . |
| 23 | When we went to phototype Matthews came out right at the right moment , to the week ! . |
| 24 | Mait shrank into his chair on Henri 's verandah , staring out gloomily at the glittering expanse of lake below . |
| 25 | The moment when it enters his or her head , that X was the one who did it , can thus be concealed and brought out only at the very end of the story . |
| 26 | Even if he aims for a gross profit 5–10% less than a competitor , Mendoros believes , overheads are such that he should come out better at the net level . |
| 27 | From under fierce black brows a pair of hazel eyes looked out calculatingly at the impersonal kitchen , made spotless by the ministrations of a Dutch cleaning lady . |
| 28 | Then he looked back again at the blinding quayside . |
| 29 | And they 'll be back again at the White Horse on Mar 10 , for a Irish Women 's Abortion Support Group Benefit . |
| 30 | She wandered back into the living-room , with its rugged stone walls and polished wood and leather , and looked out again at the darkened skies and pouring rain . |