Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 3 | She slowed down and looked up at the house now looming high above them . |
| 4 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 5 | The arrangements have been made so as to enable spectators to be SET DOWN AND PICKED UP AT THE SAME POINT in a city unfamiliar to them . |
| 6 | She watched nervously as he bent down and pushed gently at the huge mouth , and gradually , reluctantly , he was released . |
| 7 | But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end . |
| 8 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 9 | Julius strolled over and looked down at the quietly flowing water . |
| 10 | Andrew felt his heart turn over and looked back at the view so that she should n't see what she was doing to him . |
| 11 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 12 | He rang off and stared gloomily at the phone . |
| 13 | Tom stood up and looked out at the freshly-weeded graveyard . |
| 14 | I I tripped up and fell down at the side . |
| 15 | Her white sweatshirt is bunched up and tucked in at the small of her back , so her rear is exposed . |
| 16 | I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close . |
| 17 | He read it three times , laid it down carefully on the desk , smoothed it out and looked across at the Chairman . |
| 18 | The driver , a slight figure in a tweed jacket and grey flannel trousers , got out and looked across at the two women before turning to rummage behind the front seat and extract a bulky briefcase and an armful of files . |
| 19 | He drew the sword out and prodded again at the wizard , who was rigid with terror and guilt . |
| 20 | George leaned back and stared consideringly at the questioner . |
| 21 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 22 | She put her head back and looked up at the ceiling . |
| 23 | Cranston stepped back and looked up at the lead-paned windows . |
| 24 | ‘ Hmm , ’ she grumbled , then sat back and looked out at the rush-hour traffic crawling into London on the M4 . |
| 25 | Jumping down from his mount , he came back and stood there at the head of the path , looking down at her . |
| 26 | She put her shoulders back and smiled suddenly at the smaller girl . |
| 27 | The Trunchbull flicked her head round and looked carefully at the small girl with dark hair and deep brown eyes sitting in the second row . |
| 28 | A scythe-toting Death turned round and screamed furiously at the bandit chief . |
| 29 | She turned round and pointed back at the Victorian building with the campanile chimney . |