Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 5 | I remember somebody came in at the shop and says the Newminster School had been sent home , but where , which school 's that ? |
| 6 | A new style of official entertaining came in at the Palace and still survives . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It turned in at the gate and came chuntering up the track to pull up beside them . |
| 9 | They climbed in at the front and gradually worked their way down to the back . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Women with stiff-brimmed panama hats turned up at the side and pinned with giant rosettes . |
| 13 | Investing in a jump suit and hard hat Della turned up at the aerodrome and took to the skies in a plane |
| 14 | The waiter arrived back at the table and Fernando stood to speak to him . |
| 15 | The jacket of the suit curved in at the waist and at the back were two buttons above a pair of tails . |
| 16 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 17 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Wycliffe glanced back at the house and again saw the seated figure in the upstairs room , but now he had the impression that the figure was facing him , looking out of the side window . |
| 22 | He glanced back at the house and she wondered who was in the kitchen . |
| 23 | Ensconced in his car a moment later — and goodness , it felt luxurious ! — she glanced back at the foyer and saw that the other girl stood there staring with narrowed , suspicious eyes . |
| 24 | Claudia glanced round at the cream and green furnishings , noting the comfortable double bed before opening the other door . |
| 25 | It was n't until he called in at the vicarage and found the vicar shot , stabbed , strangled and poisoned that I gave up completely . |
| 26 | He pulled up at the bridge and got out to show me the concrete cancer . |
| 27 | He pulled up at the farm and got out to open the door for her before she could move . |
| 28 | Tied up at the end and |
| 29 | She stared down at the floor and the remains of what had been a human being . |
| 30 | This only discomfited the coroner further , he stared down at the floor and shuffled his feet like some clumsy schoolboy . |