Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 2 | Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room . |
| 3 | The father-of-three from Whiston ( right ) was one of the visitors who dropped in at the Pumphouse yesterday where a Drinkwise Fun Day was underway . |
| 4 | The timeliness of the Minor award in these terms was noted by the head of history : The project came along at the time when we were thinking about cross-curricular developments anyway , and the school had been concerned about the particular pattern of study skills and how they could be extended and coordinated . |
| 5 | I woke up at the part where he was telling me it had been a mindless fling , and I should n't get upset over it . |
| 6 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 7 | She closed her eyes , sighed , frowned down at the table where the ash lay like his spoor . |
| 8 | ‘ I turned up at the party pretty much at the start , I think , around a quarter to nine . |
| 9 | One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’ |
| 10 | She arrived back at the village just as night was turning into day . |
| 11 | The TARDIS arrived back at the hospital just as two Marines escorted Benny inside . |
| 12 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 13 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |
| 14 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 15 | She glanced down at the ring now , and found herself wondering , as she did occasionally , if it really was necessary for her to go on wearing it . |
| 16 | She glanced up at the ceiling once , as if in appreciation of the solution to a tough puzzle that she 'd been unable to crack without help ; the tile was still stuck in the open position , and Charlie was in no state to clamber up there and fix it . |
| 17 | Rourke stared down at the place where the menacing point of the scissors threatened his solar plexus . |
| 18 | I looked down at the money again . |
| 19 | He looked down at the floor again . |
| 20 | The sun flooded the ward , painting a red halo round Marek 's head and throwing Dexter 's face , which looked down at the floor disconsolately , into purple shadow . |
| 21 | He looked down at the man still standing nervously in front of him , and noticed his jacket was patched and someone had put leather binding round the edges of the sleeves . |
| 22 | He looked down at the discod still clenched in his hand and threw it impulsively into the pillar of light . |
| 23 | He looked down at the book again . |
| 24 | The voice of Miss Norman , the games teacher , drifted in at the window now and again . |
| 25 | He shook his head and stared up at the sun now breaking through the blanket of mist . |
| 26 | The doctor stared up at the boy impatiently . |
| 27 | As he stared down at his half-empty glass Billy became aware of Freddie watching him closely and he looked up at the schemer suddenly , fixing him with a cold stare . |
| 28 | She rode furiously to the asylum grounds and looked up at the tree where the leaves had run riot in late summer . |
| 29 | He looked up at the mirror once more and saw the car behind him , keeping the same distance , the rain spurting fanwise from its front wheels . |
| 30 | Lord Christopher looked up at the château again . |