Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Wales , the ‘ derwyn corp ’ , is the name given to a large , ghostly bird which flies around a house where there is sickness , stopping only to tap loudly at a window if the patient is to die .
2 Horses are sensible enough to shy away at the sound of a hiss .
3 I am pleased at the progress on that issue , but may I ask the Minister now to look urgently at the decision to allow a Scottish ferry company to run the ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle ?
4 She refused outright to live here at the château .
5 Sitting DUP councillor Gardiner Kane boosted his vote dramatically to romp home at the head of the poll in the Ballycastle ward .
6 She opened them again to peep briefly at the signature .
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