Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Max appeared disappointed by the reply as he peered down again at the grisly work on which he was engaged . |
| 2 | Chapman had kept a close watch on Speirs ' feud with Bradford City , and moved in just at the right moment . |
| 3 | Grandparents who moved in only at the very end of their lives , just for a few last months , rarely left much of a mark unless earlier contact had been important . |
| 4 | When we went to phototype Matthews came out right at the right moment , to the week ! . |
| 5 | Nathaniel Sherman frowned down resentfully at the dead animal . |
| 6 | Meredith glanced up uncertainly at the four-storey buildings soaring up forbiddingly on either side of the alley where they were walking . |
| 7 | As he edged forward , Sendei glanced up occasionally at the far end . |
| 8 | The O'Neil double-act started up again at the other end of the church , Denis responding to Paddy . |
| 9 | He was centrally positioned in the six-yard box when he headed the first after 15 minutes ; the second , eight minutes before half-time , he met equally powerfully at the far post . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed lamely as she stared somewhat helplessly at the enormous four-poster bed that dominated the room . |
| 11 | He looked in briefly at the unconscious girl . |
| 12 | She rose to her feet , and looked down again at the rolling hillside covered with fruit and vegetables , with grazing goats , sheep and chickens . |
| 13 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 14 | Martin charging down on Dobson ; Martin , eyes glaring and lips drawn back in a feral snarl ; Martin , arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson 's head ; Martin , growling savagely at the yobs , daring them to interfere ; Martin , turing angrily as the sergeant pulled the baton from his hand ; finally , Martin , white and shaking , as he looked down disbelievingly at the unconscious Dobson . |
| 15 | Larsen looked down fondly at the gaunt soot smeared features of the hollow-eyed girl and nodded back . |
| 16 | Hazel looked once more at the faint line of the hills . |
| 17 | I grinned contemptuously at his retreating back , looked once more at the stable , saw an eyeball glistening on the wet straw and promptly vomited myself . |
| 18 | At first he was shocked into admiration but as he waited he looked more carefully at the dark wood of the large , ugly pieces of furniture , the thick embossing on the pale yellow wallpaper and the heaviness of the dark brown velvet curtains . |
| 19 | With difficulty she stared up again at the unreachable sky beyond the bars and wire mesh of her cage and though she tried to say more she was unable to , for her wings sagged ever more weakly and she seemed barely able to hold up her head . |
| 20 | He looked up suspiciously at the northern sky , clear and tranquil . |
| 21 | The moment when it enters his or her head , that X was the one who did it , can thus be concealed and brought out only at the very end of the story . |
| 22 | Then he looked back again at the blinding quayside . |
| 23 | From under fierce black brows a pair of hazel eyes looked out calculatingly at the impersonal kitchen , made spotless by the ministrations of a Dutch cleaning lady . |
| 24 | She wandered back into the living-room , with its rugged stone walls and polished wood and leather , and looked out again at the darkened skies and pouring rain . |
| 25 | She stared very hard at the dark face above her , her hands pushed into her pockets to hide their idiotic trembling . |
| 26 | This was surprising because Peter Such bowled so well at the other end , it should surely have helped Tufnell . |
| 27 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |
| 28 | The horrific murders and woundings of the past week are an example of sheer terror — aimed not only at the Catholic community but at the prison authorities . |