Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light . |
| 2 | The Doctor , in top hat and frock coat , looked confidently out at me from the label as I pulled out the cork and took a sniff . |
| 3 | While ideally this should be the chairman there may be someone even better at it in the group . |
| 4 | Rubbing his glasses clean , he peered intently over at me through the thin rain . |
| 5 | The girl 's serious little face was delicate , rounded , promising that she would soon flower into at least as striking a beauty as her mother ; in an attempt to make her smile Joseph winked theatrically at her , but this made her draw closer to her mother and she continued to gaze gravely back at him with the curious , unselfconscious eyes of childhood . |
| 6 | Just looked steadily back at him with the faintest trace of a smile . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's hot , ’ she murmured , peeping suggestively up at him over the rim of her cup . |