Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [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 | If you were sick or unemployed ( provided you sent in sick notes to your Social Security office or signed on at the Unemployment Benefit office ) ; |
| 4 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier . |
| 10 | She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill . |
| 11 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 12 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 13 | She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging . |
| 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 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 17 | Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling . |
| 18 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 19 | We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’ |
| 20 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 21 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 22 | With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter . |
| 23 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 24 | One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass . |
| 25 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 26 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 27 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 28 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 29 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 30 | The six steel sheets were inserted into the two widest sides of the trench and bolted together at the top , forming a curved tunnel . |