Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick : |
| 2 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 3 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
| 4 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all cold , ’ she complains , then two minutes later she 's back eating it like she just sat down at the table . |
| 6 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
| 7 | Brown also hit out at the content of rap music , saying , ‘ I 'm not knocking rappers , but there 's no reason children have to hear four-letter words on the radio . ’ |
| 8 | It practically went in at the nose . |
| 9 | Well it 's history that Langer and Graham never made it , although Langer nearly chipped in at the end to force that playoff and give us a few tremble s . |
| 10 | Mr Brocklehurst , on the other hand , now looked round at the girls , and almost jumped in surprise . |
| 11 | A GIRL today hit back at the judge who let her sex attacker walk free because she was ‘ not entirely an angel ’ . |
| 12 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |
| 13 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 14 | She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there . |
| 15 | She looked past the strolling holidaymakers at the gaily-painted shops along the front , then looked up at the hillside and , beyond it , the Wall , towering over all . |
| 16 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 17 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 18 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 19 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 20 | Tolonen sniffed , then looked back at the squad leader . |
| 21 | The two men laughed quietly , then looked back at the statue . |
| 22 | Rohmer took a step towards them , still massaging his hand and then looked back at the girl . |
| 23 | She stared at Tuan Ti Fo then looked back at the boy , a new respect entering her expression . |
| 24 | Li Shai Tung shrugged — the slightest movement of his shoulders — then looked back at the image . |
| 25 | Chen stared at him , momentarily frightened by the power of the man , then looked back at the screen . |
| 26 | He gave a little wave of the hand and then stared out at the traffic , past the lordly oak and its huge yellow ribbon . |
| 27 | ‘ No more chocolate , thanks , ’ she said again , then stared down at the topaz surrounded by a cluster of diamonds which Vitor had slid on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 28 | She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed . |
| 29 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
| 30 | Carol gave him his tea then sat down at the table next to Plummer , who carried on eating . |