Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie hung on to Tom 's left trouser leg and peered gingerly round at the mare as they walked past it . |
| 2 | The friar glanced despondently down at the sand and gravel . |
| 3 | Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's true the horse was 100 per cent sound five minutes afterwards , but there was definitely something wrong down at the start and Willie had advice from the starter and a vet . ’ |
| 5 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |
| 6 | She sang Susanna earlier this summer in Simon Rattle 's period Figaro for Glyndebourne ( due to be seen on BBC TV before Christmas ) and is now back at the Coliseum as Pamina in Nicholas Hytner 's luminously hieroglyphic Magic Flute . |
| 7 | Quickly dragging her gaze from his splendid body , Polly stared with intense concentration up at the mainsail , then down at the compass as embarrassment flamed her face . |
| 8 | One looked from side to side , at the two speakers , or else down at the table or , fleetingly , at one 's own side . |
| 9 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 10 | I am either out at the moment or busy working on some scripts and do n't want to talk right now . |
| 11 | He gestured inarticulately around at the spaceship and the Chelonians . |
| 12 | She stared blankly down at the desk and , when she looked up , the clerk had gone . |