Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spanish reporter , Alfonso Roja , describes a woman in Baghdad , her eyes smouldering , shouting down at a crowd of Western journalists : ‘ Is this what you call Western civilisation ? ’ |
| 2 | He was imagining himself sitting in a tiny Kayak in the middle of the Severn looking up at a wall of water , anything from six to nine feet high depending on conditions , bearing down on him at twelve miles an hour and making more noise than a fast approaching train . |
| 3 | She got up and walked around nervously , fetching up at a cabinet with a heavy silver box on top . |
| 4 | I came to jammed into the corner of the work room , squatting , fists clenched , staring up at a ribbon of orange light across the ceiling and a stack of timber beside me . |
| 5 | The coroner suddenly reined in his horse , staring back at a group of dark figures who had just slipped by . |
| 6 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 7 | From Morpeth Gate we turned right following the path towards Swinithwaite , striking off at a kink in the lane to the field gate that led to the ruined Chapel of the Knights Templars . |