Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] at the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes . |
| 8 | He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling . |
| 9 | With some deliberation , he withdrew his arms from under the bedclothes and gazed tiredly at the backs of his hands . |
| 10 | Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling . |
| 11 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 12 | We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’ |
| 13 | With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter . |
| 14 | He put on his glasses , walked over to the windows , and peered closely at the titles of the books . |
| 15 | One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass . |
| 16 | The six steel sheets were inserted into the two widest sides of the trench and bolted together at the top , forming a curved tunnel . |
| 17 | He drew the sword out and prodded again at the wizard , who was rigid with terror and guilt . |
| 18 | This one was thick and protuberant , and bent unexpectedly at the top : it looked like a cross between a penis and a corkscrew , and the little group looked at it as if wondering who would dare be first to point this out . |
| 19 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 20 | It was virulent and hate-filled and directed entirely at the people beneath them . |
| 21 | And then — ’ he ran a harsh finger along the gash in his nose , and gestured impatiently at the paper in her hand ‘ — the rug gets pulled out from underneath me . ’ |
| 22 | Lacuna interrupted him , and gestured wildly at the screens . |
| 23 | A crow perched on it while they watched , and poked hopefully at the sockets . |
| 24 | She folded her arms and frowned briefly at the memory . |
| 25 | Killion felt her watching , and sawed clumsily at the bird . |
| 26 | But the 25year-old , who can earn a reported £5,000 a day , fled barefoot and arrived later at the Speke home of her grandparents , Bill , 80 , and Irene , 72 . |
| 27 | No , they ran across the top of the water and hammered desperately at the air with their wings and then , just when it was obvious they were n't going to achieve anything , they suddenly did ; the water dropped away and there was just the slow creak of wings pulling the goose up into the sky . |
| 28 | She bent her head and scrubbed furiously at the plates . |
| 29 | She lifted the blue-grey towelling from its hook , and sniffed delicately at the material ; it was clean and odourless with no man-animal scent , as if it had been bought and hung but never worn . |
| 30 | In the living room she sat by the fire and glanced again at the envelope . |