Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [noun] [coord] " 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 | He tried again at the corner and got a smooth rounded canter . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Whores of all sexes , augmented and non- , came here at the start and end of their shift to meet pimps , pushers , and ‘ privileged ’ clients . |
| 6 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 7 | ‘ When I said I was tired she glanced sideways at the bed and hinted she was fairly tired herself . |
| 8 | Van Gelder broke off to accept a sheet of paper from a seaman who had appeared in the doorway , glanced briefly at the message and handed it without a word to Talbot , who read it in turn , muttered something inaudible and swung his legs to the deck . |
| 9 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 10 | Ten minutes later , Garvey knocked softly at the door and Gabriel let him in along with Lucie , Izzie and the musicians . |
| 11 | A little later , she glanced again at the book and said : ‘ A side of life I know nothing about . |
| 12 | Mrs Rae looked critically at the tree and said , ‘ Silver foil . |
| 13 | He looked helplessly at the wires and intricate bits of metal in front of them . |
| 14 | Through a swell of tears Ruth stared incredulously at the bundle and felt such despair that she feared she would drop the child . |
| 15 | Teachers , therefore , need to took both at the frequency and the proportion of their interactions in considering how to make the best use of the strictly limited time available for interacting with each of their pupils . |
| 16 | She looked slyly at the children and laughed when they laughed . |
| 17 | She looked mutinously at the scenery and listened to the clunking noises of the car as it trundled along , allowing minimal ventilation through the tiny windows that only slid across to open halfway . |
| 18 | He looked lovingly at the paints and brushes and swallowed a pain that had risen at the back of his throat . |
| 19 | The mute looked warily at the Gascon and nodded his head . |
| 20 | We looked across at the mountains and then at ourselves , and a smile split our dusty faces , then burst into a laugh . |
| 21 | He looked again at the church and remembered Father Reynard 's sermon . |
| 22 | He looked again at the menu and chose a Dom Perignon . |
| 23 | As they swung past me I looked again at the SPs and my hear gave a thud . |
| 24 | And those mines , ’ he gazed across at the fells but , true to his wits , in the wrong direction , ‘ they open them up every six or seven years , they take what they want and then they close them down . |
| 25 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that this is a work of reference aimed unashamedly at the scholar and the collector , given the reputation of the author and the status of the museum it could surely have been subsidised ( possibly by the Getty Grant Program or , dare one say it , by the University itself ) . |
| 27 | technical management training aimed mainly at the farmer or manager . |
| 28 | The OP-104 is one of the growing number of low priced 4ppm ( pages per minute ) laser printers aimed mainly at the home and small business markets . |
| 29 | The OP-104 is one of the growing number of low priced 4ppm ( pages per minute ) laser printers aimed mainly at the home and small business markets . |
| 30 | Did reasonable at the back and up front though . |