Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , it promised to look again at the case of Canford Heath in Dorset , where a recent court judgement upheld the decision by Poole Borough Council to build houses on the heath in the face of vociferous opposition from conservation groups , led by the World Wide Fund for Nature [ see ED no . |
| 2 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 3 | As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl . |
| 4 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |
| 5 | No one else seemed to think so at the time . |
| 6 | Henry Mayhew described how the costers preferred tasty cable-cord trousers , ‘ made to fit tightly at the knee and swell gradually until they reached the boot , which they nearly cover ’ . |
| 7 | I do not wish you to violate your oath of secrecy or your conscience but , ’ and he tuned to look eagerly at the Bishop , ‘ with His Lordship 's permission , I would like to take you aside and quietly ask you one question ? |
| 8 | One hacker 's wife remarked : ‘ The whole thing started when he began to work late at the office , and I began to think that there was another woman . |
| 9 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 10 | Last spring Nelson Mandela was released and the USSR began to split apart at the seams . |
| 11 | Luke began to mop clumsily at the pool of milk with a teacloth . |
| 12 | Barely a week into the tour , Johnny Marr was feeling the strain : ‘ I feel like I 'm in The Rolling Stones or any other rock band , ’ he said as the gruelling schedule began to etch away at the excitement generated by that first night . |
| 13 | The acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic , the bottom strands of her curly hair . |
| 14 | Basuki , of Indonesia , had held two points for a 4–0 lead in the decider but the fourth seed began to miss forehands and Van Lottum began to attack more at the net . |
| 15 | He strode into the hall and started to peer expertly at the walls and ceiling . |
| 16 | He pulled , and managed to bend forwards at the waist like an oarsman . |
| 17 | THE list of processes thought to occur abiotically at the Earth 's surface has been shrinking on a yearly basis . |
| 18 | Its regulated , preventive surveillance features , in practice meant ‘ moving on ’ those civilians who dared to stand idly at the street corner . |
| 19 | He was educated at a boarding school in Littlehampton , but had to leave abruptly at the age of sixteen for financial reasons when his father died suddenly of pneumonia . |
| 20 | Eurotunnel , where fears of another refinancing continued to eat away at the share price , and MEPC stood out as the only Footsie stocks to fall , off 1 at 402p and 2 at 286p respectively . |
| 21 | Calmer now that the crisis was past , she continued to gaze steadily at the inspector 's weary , intelligent face . |
| 22 | There was a long silence as Dodson and I looked in surprise at the farmer who continued to gaze fixedly at the cow . |
| 23 | They refused to go home at the end of their shift and worked frantically to reach him . |
| 24 | Many of the human victims clearly left their homes feeling full of optimism , carrying bags of gold , pieces of jewellery and other valued objects , which they refused to abandon even at the point of death . |
| 25 | She wanted to laugh aloud at the prospect of the delight she would give . |