Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 2 | As they passed Guido and Ronni 's table , just for an instant Guido turned and seemed to smile directly at the girl . |
| 3 | He covered seventy yards to gain the partial cover of the shrubbery , flung himself amongst the undergrowth , and turned to look back at the chateau . |
| 4 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 5 | She hung it up carefully on a big wooden coat hanger and began to brush hard at the dried mud . |
| 6 | He strode into the hall and started to peer expertly at the walls and ceiling . |
| 7 | He found his sword and started to chop methodically at the doomed arms . |
| 8 | He pulled , and managed to bend forwards at the waist like an oarsman . |
| 9 | He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute . |
| 10 | Matilda and Lavender shook their heads and continued to gaze up at the giant . |
| 11 | The Old Bailey was told he was ‘ desperately in love and wanted to get back at the woman ’ for ending their relationship . |
| 12 | In this way , the mind is taught and instructed to look inwardly at the spiritual nature [ of things ] , towards the secret power that is hidden in everything and works in everything in an incomprehensible way . |
| 13 | He was still suffering from jet-lag but opted to plunge in at the deep end against Monaghan . |
| 14 | Goldner toyed with the offer , but decided to stay on at the Getty after negotiating a new contract that allowed him to remain in his hometown of New York most of the year ( with short stays in Malibu ) , in effect managing and adding to the Getty 's collection in absentia . |
| 15 | He was educated at a boarding school in Littlehampton , but had to leave abruptly at the age of sixteen for financial reasons when his father died suddenly of pneumonia . |
| 16 | János Hunyadi was regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislas V , but had to step down at the very moment of the fall of Constantinople when Ladislas came of age . |