Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The procession , which takes place on the Saturday before the first Monday in August , leaves the town hall at 2pm and arrives at the cathedral some two hours later . |
| 2 | Once I was inside and looking at the space I had and the needs I had identified , I saw my task differently from the people who had come out of production , many of whom , whether men or women , continued to want to master/ mistressmind productions themselves as Executive Producer . |
| 3 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 4 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 5 | If … one prescient soul at your level , say , early in 1982 , … really had thought ministers should be forced to meet on this issue and they kept postponing discussions on the Falklands , could you as Permanent Secretary of Defence have ensured that relevant Cabinet ministers did get together and look at the problem rationally and seriously , in so far as it 's possible , in time ? |
| 6 | What we want local communities to do is to get together and look at the situation on the ground , that is to say the council , the police , the magistrates , the brewers , people who run fast food shops , the planners . |
| 7 | But Malcolm Brodie , who must have been 80 yards away and looking at the player 's back , could say the goal was quite rightly disallowed . |
| 8 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 9 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 10 | He took his hand away and looked at the smear of red blood on his fingers . |
| 11 | A take away and caff at the South end of the main street near sign posts in miles and furlongs , also unique in our experience it serves the finest battered cod we can ever recall eating . |
| 12 | Their twelve-year-old son had crept downstairs and listened at the door . |
| 13 | If the Minister of State wants to see what that is like , she should go into the City tonight and look at the number of people who are sleeping in the cold because there is no accommodation for them . |
| 14 | Yeah , twenty five says when once the householder has got up and locked the door and you start to stand outside and knock at the door saying sir open to us , but in answer he will say to you , I do not know where you are from , then you will start saying we ate and drank in front of you and we 've taught in our broad ways , but he will speak and say to you , I do not know where you are from , get away from me you are workers of unrighteousness |
| 15 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
| 16 | A couple of weeks ago , the new logo was unveiled revealing a patently insane , bald-headed man , leaning backwards and bawling at the top of his voice — MAYFEST ! |
| 17 | Walterkin grinned widely and stared at the ground as he strode along . |
| 18 | She turned slowly and looked at the figure in the chair . |
| 19 | The girl laced her fingers together nervously and looked at the floor . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table . |
| 21 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 22 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the dark , hunched buildings at the side of the road . |
| 23 | To understand Homoeopathy we must consider a little more deeply and look at the situation afresh . |
| 24 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 25 | On the first morning of their honeymoon , he wakes up early and looks at the lady , still sleeping on the pillow beside him . |
| 26 | He picked up her blanket , spread it over her trembling body , his long fingers brushing her naked throat as she quivered angrily and snatched at the blanket , glaring at him . |
| 27 | The Challenge starts from Currie Post Office at 8 a.m. and finishes at the City Chambers , where a cyclists ’ breakfast is being laid on . |
| 28 | He quietly closed the door and , leaning his back to it , he dropped his gaze to her upturned face , before tilting his head upwards and staring at the ceiling , his anguished thoughts in turmoil . |
| 29 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |
| 30 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |