Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 2 | Bending forward , she trailed her mouth delicately across the bridge of his nose to his cheek , then down to hover tantalisingly at the corner of his mouth . |
| 3 | The youth moved in to stay temporarily at the manse but a crisis occurred and he committed suicide . |
| 4 | ‘ Good heavens , ’ he said softly , squatting down to peer closely at the canvas , ‘ that 's the — What a pity it 's damaged . ’ |
| 5 | Paul Dixon put Leeds ahead but Leigh came back well and snatched the lead when scrum-half Stuart Pugsley chipped through to touch down at the side of the posts for Tanner to improve . |
| 6 | The girl later admitted she made the story up to get back at the teacher for punishing her boyfriend . |
| 7 | She swung round to stare wordlessly at the driver of the utility truck , who now leaned nonchalantly in the doorway . |