Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped looking up at a rocket : a towering metal redwood that had never flown because the ones that flew were junk scattered across the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 2 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 3 | She seemed to light up at the idea . |
| 4 | However , I made my position very clear to the Whaddon and Mitchley Argus sports hack , Mark Crowe , when he came sniffing round at the funeral . |
| 5 | By late afternoon we 'd stopped in at a number of bars along the pier . |
| 6 | Whichever way you looked at it , that name seemed to come up at every turn : Rose Hilaire mother of Steve , employer of Lily , and niece of a body under Coffin 's floorboards . |
| 7 | Martin Jackson sat among the people waiting by the arrivals gate and read a journal he 'd picked up at the news-stand . |
| 8 | WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION … |
| 9 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 10 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 11 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd woken up at a quarter past four that morning to find Lavinia awake beside him , as often she was now in the middle of the night . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs . |
| 14 | That opinion is absolutely in line with that expressed by the people of Kincardine and Deeside who thoroughly rejected opting out at the ballot box . |
| 15 | After all the signals of rejection she 'd sent out at the apartment — despite Marlin , despite the dangerous streets , despite the hour , despite their bitter history — she 'd come , bearing the gift of her body to his bed . |
| 16 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 17 | A few lengths were produced and these amateurish efforts were seen by a director of Coles who was passing through Braintree and happened to look in at an art exhibition in the Institute . |
| 18 | The leaves on the thorn trees were almost open , and when we turned to look back at the distance we 'd climbed , there were clusters of vivid green that trailed down the hillside and encompassed the village like waterweed . |
| 19 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 20 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 21 | They turned to look back at the emptiness they had crossed . |
| 22 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |
| 23 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 24 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 25 | Normally he enjoyed staying over at the firm 's northern hospitality suite which was situated above their offices — bloody hell , he had treated a few girls to his own style of hospitality there enough times — but tonight it was all wrong . |
| 26 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 27 | Remembering Philippe Bonard 's invitation to use the pool whenever she wished , she decided to call in at the Auberge de la Fontaine and pick up her swimming costume . |
| 28 | Goldner toyed with the offer , but decided to stay on at the Getty after negotiating a new contract that allowed him to remain in his hometown of New York most of the year ( with short stays in Malibu ) , in effect managing and adding to the Getty 's collection in absentia . |
| 29 | A GRIEVING family has hit out at witnesses who failed to turn up at the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of their son . |
| 30 | The singer failed to turn up at the gig at London 's Finsbury Park after he faced a barrage of missiles thrown by fans during Saturday 's performance . |