Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 2 | No one noticed for a month , until the contamination showed up at the filters on the primary water circuit . |
| 3 | Her mind still racing , she glanced down at the map on the passenger seat and then headed towards the road that would take her to Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 4 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 5 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 6 | We stocked up at the hypermarket on coffee and beer at less than half English prices . |
| 7 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 8 | I called in at the office on one of my days off , to see what was doing , and found that a posting had come through for me to report forthwith to Group Headquarters at Huntingdon . |
| 9 | Nearly 200 vehicles pulled up at the roadside on the A38 just south of Gloucester . |
| 10 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 11 | Lizzy stared down at the bandages on her wrists . |
| 12 | She looked down at the notes on the small side table , and then pulled off her wore framed pince-nez . |
| 13 | She shivered , looked down at the ring on her finger . |
| 14 | She looked down at the tray on her lap . |
| 15 | He looked down at the food on his tray . |
| 16 | Zlorf and Ymor stared up at the figure on the threshold . |
| 17 | She looked up at the books on the shelves and reached for the closest . |
| 18 | But now … hands and handkerchiefs and newspapers waved from every window of the train , and smiling faces looked up at the children on the fence . |
| 19 | Sharpe looked up at the weathercock on the stable roof and saw the wind had backed southerly . |
| 20 | Rachaela looked out at the dusk on the snow street , and the snow piled up against the walls , the pedestrians slipping and sidling along the ice . |
| 21 | Then she looked around at the men on offer , braying nightclub fools mostly , and decided that , even without racing commitments and pain , she would be planning to leave early . |
| 22 | She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed . |