Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The windows of the five-storey buildings , with ornate wrought-iron balconies , peered down condescendingly at the passers-by , smug in their classic mantles of ivy and flowering creepers . |
| 2 | Strangely , another sample of water divided in two and analysed both independently at the Glasgow Institute of Biochemistry and at the Water Board 's Dumfries laboratory showed two very different results . |
| 3 | Guido drew up abruptly at the side of the road . |
| 4 | Knees should be flexed comfortably , the racquet pointing towards your opponent , weight on the balls of the feet , and the body bent slightly forwards at the waist . |
| 5 | ‘ You disappoint me , ’ he said under his breath , and Rachel 's heart beat even faster at the darkness in his voice . |
| 6 | That 's why I studied so hard at the Staff College . |
| 7 | He 'd away just at the start of the war . |
| 8 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 9 | She tensed up immediately at the prospect of seeing him again , but when she turned right round her heart flipped idiotically in her chest . |
| 10 | Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 . |
| 11 | And that 's one of the things that you came out right at the time , I needed something really swanky for a caption for Rolling Stone . |
| 12 | The eighteenth century witnessed a substantial rise in population which accelerated even further at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | Scarlet turned away uneasily at the mention of upbringing : Brian 's first wife had telephoned only a few weeks before to say that Brian 's son was causing her hair to turn grey and fall out . |
| 14 | His attention to the style of his premiership shone through even at the age of ninety , twenty years after his departure from No. 10 , in a television interview with Ludovic Kennedy : |
| 15 | he also opened up early at the wicket and had a tendency to bowl from the edge of the crease , which caused him to get the right shoulder in front of the left as he delivered and , with hardly any follow through , the only way he could generate any great speed was by a late acceleration of the bowling arm . |
| 16 | Every head turned up automatically at the sound of the furnace engine . |
| 17 | Rigby was surprised when Gedge turned up beforehand at the town 's Tesco stores where she had a Saturday job . |
| 18 | The controversy over criteria for granting Latvian citizenship flared up again at the end of March , when President Anatolijs Gorbunovs proposed that a referendum be held on the issue [ for October and November 1991 controversy see p. 38585 ] . |
| 19 | It scared her , but as she glanced secretly across at the face she had never forgotten for one moment she realised she was more excited than scared . |
| 20 | I think Eddie was frightened , and that 's why he gambled so heavily at the end . ’ |
| 21 | I glanced once more at the hotel , thinking of the comfort of sheets , the softness of a bed . |
| 22 | Then he put down the phone and glanced once more at the fingerprints beneath the microscope . |
| 23 | She glanced up now at the night sky , her eyes searching among the infinitesimal pin-points of light , and wondered if he was out there somewhere , had approved of her bright , carefree behaviour tonight . |
| 24 | The floor was of polished cedar wood and I glanced round enviously at the stools covered with red satin and silver tassels : ‘ T.C. ’ , Wolsey 's personal monogram , was everywhere , sometimes a foot high in carved gold . |
| 25 | She glanced reluctantly across at the group , and saw Stephanie reaching up on tiptoe to kiss Roman 's dark cheek . |
| 26 | With a little inner sigh Shiona turned to the window and gazed out thoughtfully at the loch . |
| 27 | Holly worked on alone at the lathe that fashioned the chairs ' legs . |
| 28 | She was hard at work in her jealously private workshop , though she called in briefly at the library from time to time , and I was invited back to the Lodge for meals some evenings . |
| 29 | This was the final straw for Mrs B who broke down completely at the thought that her daughter could still think of her mother when this horrible thing was happening to her . |
| 30 | Things started so well at the weekend I knew it could not last . |