Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 2 | In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions . |
| 3 | ‘ Most people finding that the leather handbag they picked up at the school fete was , in fact , plastic would shrug it off if the proceeds of the sale were going to a good cause , ’ said Mr Richards . |
| 4 | ‘ With E-mail it zips through at a fraction of the cost , and such a system also eliminates many of the difficulties associated with operating in different time zones . ’ |
| 5 | Erm the tentative benefit you put in at the end of that you said is that okay and Maggie said yes erm the answer could be construed I , I thought in that basis well yes it 's okay so what whereas if you 'd 've said is that of interest to you |
| 6 | ‘ I think he is now a far better player than the youngster we threw in at the deep end against Wales last season . |
| 7 | On the corner of the cul-de-sac they go off at an angle do n't they . |
| 8 | Well , you could have put that scene he made on at a theatre in the West End and charged for tickets , I reckon . |
| 9 | The reason for this is that the money you receive back at the end of the year will not go as far or buy as much as it did 12 months earlier . |
| 10 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 11 | ‘ With one eye you look out at the world ; with the other you look in at yourself ’ , was Modigliani 's explanation . |
| 12 | Reminds me of the joke we made up at the time . |
| 13 | The moment he walked in at the door he knew something was very wrong . |
| 14 | The old man had set off too and as he caught up with the cart he looked up at the fuming totter . |
| 15 | Eventually the Corporal gave me a cigarette , and in due course we pulled over at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee and to stretch our legs . |
| 16 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 17 | ‘ But that night you turned up at the farmhouse , you said … ’ |
| 18 | Last night we looked back at the history of the MG , which appeared to have died a death when the factory at Abingdon closed in 1981 . |
| 19 | Pressing himself against the wall he looked down at the body . |
| 20 | Con Fenton 's cottage was less than half a mile away and on my way back to the surgery , on an impulse I pulled up at the door . |
| 21 | Next morning I looked in at the forge before leaving , and said goodbye to Joe , who was already hard at work . |
| 22 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 23 | It 's at the top but the lift you pick up at the bottom now . |
| 24 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 25 | The more shit they throw over at the Jerries the better . |
| 26 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 27 | On the fourth evening of their waterborne journey they tied up at a place which had thickets of hazel and birch growing near the water . |
| 28 | It was identical to the one worn by the man in the photo she had back at the hotel . |
| 29 | By way of diversion we stopped off at the army 's counter-intelligence headquarters . |
| 30 | When he reached the branch-off track to the farm he looked up at the farmhouse . |