Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Acyclovir given intravenously , orally or applied directly at the site of infection can accelerate healing and restrict the spread and recurrence of many herpes infections ( British Medical Journal , 1982 , vol 285 , p 1223 . ) .
2 Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause .
3 Is it really necessary for you to have no claim if you are indeed made redundant or treated unjustly at the time when the contract finishes ?
4 But much of what they buy ends up being returned or hidden away at the back of a drawer .
5 No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her .
6 Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk .
7 Dexter sat back in his armchair , unsure whether to laugh outright or smile knowingly at the businessman 's practical joke .
8 It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair .
9 Although probably built as a row by some Victorian property magnate , all the houses were slightly different from the front and all had been built on to or extended differently at the back .
10 Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition .
11 The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle .
12 But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end .
13 He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order .
14 He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes .
15 He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling .
16 Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling .
17 He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling .
18 Wholesome cooking used to mean a whole lot of work … not least of it , reaching up to the grill , and scrubbing away at the oven and hotplate .
19 I was standing motionless by the desk , and gazing vacantly at the letter , when I heard some footsteps outside the door .
20 Foinavon had been trained by Tom Dreaper in Ireland for Arkle 's owner Anne , Duchess of Westminster , but while in Dreaper 's charge had been notable mainly for his extraordinarily laid-back demeanour : in a chase at Baldoyle he was in the lead when falling at the third fence , throwing Pat Taaffe well clear , but Foinavon did not bother to scramble to his feet , preferring to remain on the ground and pick quietly at the grass beside him .
21 I quickly learned that pointing the camera and flash straight at the glass of the aquarium did not work .
22 Bob tips in a portion of hops at the start of the boil and adds more at the end for aroma .
23 We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’
24 as if on cue , they heard footsteps on the back stairs at that moment , and Tom himself entered the kitchen after crossing the back porch and knocking briefly at the door .
25 With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter .
26 One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass .
27 Born deaf , and educated partly at the Langside Institution , Glasgow and partly at William Van Praagh 's Oral School in London , George Edward was a fine designer of silver cups , challenge shields and the like , and also a fine yachtsman who won many trophies in his racing yachts Osprey and Majel .
28 The six steel sheets were inserted into the two widest sides of the trench and bolted together at the top , forming a curved tunnel .
29 The remaining three peaks of the west ridge ( Loughshannagh , Carn and Muck ) are not especially exciting , but below the ridge to the east is a broad shelf containing the beautiful little lake of Lough Shannagh and ending abruptly at the top of the Ben Crom cliffs .
30 He drew the sword out and prodded again at the wizard , who was rigid with terror and guilt .
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