Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something similar must have happened to Middleton 's crew because we met together at the station and took the train on the last lap to Cambridge . |
| 2 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 3 | Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace . |
| 4 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 5 | A bus drew up at the lights and the driver , an excitable Puerto Rican , climbed down from his cab to see what all the fuss was about . |
| 6 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 7 | He tried again at the corner and got a smooth rounded canter . |
| 8 | His spirits sank again at the prospect and although he went out to Ruislip where his former battalion now had its headquarters , and although he was received by Colonel Bumford , his spirits were at zero three days later when Charity spoke to him on the telephone . |
| 9 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 10 | I remember somebody came in at the shop and says the Newminster School had been sent home , but where , which school 's that ? |
| 11 | A new style of official entertaining came in at the Palace and still survives . |
| 12 | She followed to the corner of the schoolroom , and there stood watching in silence as Tutilo mounted , and the little cavalcade filed out at the gate and turned along the Foregate . |
| 13 | Whores of all sexes , augmented and non- , came here at the start and end of their shift to meet pimps , pushers , and ‘ privileged ’ clients . |
| 14 | It turned in at the gate and came chuntering up the track to pull up beside them . |
| 15 | They climbed in at the front and gradually worked their way down to the back . |
| 16 | The questionnaire on page 35 of this booklet should be completed and handed in at the Sport and Recreation Display on enrolment day or at the Sports ' Centre Reception . |
| 17 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 18 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 19 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 20 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 21 | The waiter arrived back at the table and Fernando stood to speak to him . |
| 22 | They walked towards the castle , and Jessamy gazed up at the towers and battlements , and the great walls that loomed above them . |
| 23 | The jacket of the suit curved in at the waist and at the back were two buttons above a pair of tails . |
| 24 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 25 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |
| 26 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 27 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 28 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 29 | At the rear of the church , Sean glanced out at the porch and then at Michael on the other side of the main door who shrugged and gave an extra-loud ‘ Amen ’ which made Sean jump . |
| 30 | ‘ When I said I was tired she glanced sideways at the bed and hinted she was fairly tired herself . |