Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] at [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This is a pleasant room — very charming , ’ he murmured , clearly absorbed by his own inner thoughts as he glanced idly around at the cream carpet and the matching raw silk curtains edging the windows .
2 But when he looked up , the dwarf above him was standing , arms limp like a ragged doll , staring dully down at the crossbow bolt buried in his stomach .
3 If the participants intend to circle a block , arriving eventually back at the starting point , they probably would be processing .
4 Well they , they had to do the , it had n't used to have very good drainage and far more of a slope , it , it 's far more level today than it used to be , it used to have a great slope towards the long end which was considered an advantage to Walsall and the water used to gather , but I believe the improved the drainage and had pipes put under which it , it does n't seem to gather water so much now down at the railway end .
5 But when she brushed her hair out of her face and peered cautiously over at the bench Guy lay in the same position , completely unmoving .
6 He gestured angrily up at the litter bin .
7 How he longs to gaze wistfully out at a breaking wave of woodland .
8 For the second time that night she slid silently in at a garden gate .
9 Jack looked at their terrified eyes and then down at the computer screen .
10 I looked over the balcony , first at the stage and then back at the dance floor and beyond .
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