Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absent-mindedly she stared down at Belinda 's happy , shining face . |
| 2 | Juanito was ready for him , and the Kalashnikov crashed down at Trent 's calf . |
| 3 | I looked down at Lee 's ball . |
| 4 | Mirth being in decidedly short supply over the past few weeks amidst the myriad financial scandals and news of the ongoing long-gingering of the gay law reform bill , there was no doubt among the many disappointed punters turned away from the full house on opening night that they were still intent on partying on down at Cork 's new lesbian and gay centre , The Other Place . |
| 5 | I thought you meant the Miguel — the handsome singer down at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 6 | And he glanced down at Changez 's duff hand again as if to reconfirm that his brother had really sent over a cripple as a husband for his only daughter . |
| 7 | She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely . |
| 8 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 9 | The boy had crept up behind him and was standing , staring down at Philip 's diagram of the trap . |
| 10 | He stared down at Ember 's glass-crested head dispassionately . |
| 11 | Sophie sat down at Pascoe 's table and said , ‘ I thought I 'd find you here . ’ |
| 12 | Athelstan went across and stared down at Allingham 's body . |
| 13 | When fitzAlan did n't reply , de Villiers glanced down at Isabel 's unconscious face and muttered , ‘ Hard to believe , is n't it ? |
| 14 | The stairs were bare , and before mounting them Millie looked down at Aggie 's stockinged feet and said , ‘ Are n't you afraid of getting splinters ? ’ |
| 15 | He looked down at Barak 's body again . |
| 16 | He looked down at Scathach 's armour , touched the small wound on his son 's shoulder , then looked into the young man 's face ; he saw the distance there , the faraway look . |
| 17 | And yet when she had peered down at Scathach 's body she had looked through leaves , through summer . |
| 18 | Lars pointed down at Jesus 's legs . |
| 19 | " And taken a knife to them , " Graham said , looking down at Slater 's legs and shrugging his arm free of the light grip which held it . |
| 20 | Hatchet-faced , tough as the city 's granite , Yevdoxia plumped herself down at Anna 's side . |
| 21 | Tony Mitchell takes the steamboat to meet Hartley Peavey , the Mississippi mogul with the most in hi-tech hardware , and finds out that down at Harvey 's manufacturing plant , deep in the heart of Smalltown USA , the old ways ai n't necessarily the best . |
| 22 | Tony Mitchell takes the steamboat to meet Hartley Peavey , the Mississippi mogul with the most in hi-tech hardware , and finds out that down at Harvey 's manufacturing plant , deep in the heart of Smalltown USA , the old ways ai n't necessarily the best . |
| 23 | She looked down at Ianthe 's basket with the bunch of daffodils and bottle of lemon barley water . |
| 24 | Since McFarlane was an honourable man , North was not unduly worried when he asked him to alter official documents ; and when McFarlane sat down at North 's computer on November 18th to type in ‘ additional input that was radically different from the truth ’ , North still considered he must have had ‘ a darn good reason for not putting the straight story out ’ . |
| 25 | Robyn pressed her hand to her mouth , read his words two — three times , staring down at Mark 's writing to where that name was etched indelibly in black ink , and felt as if the anguish had paralysed every part of her . |
| 26 | ‘ Trouble down at Beryl 's stables , ’ he said , joining her at the gate . |
| 27 | ‘ What on earth made you take the cloth , anyway ? ’ said Reginald as he squatted down at Elaine 's side . |
| 28 | They 've already , this is a commercial machine this thing , you buy them down at Dixon 's . |
| 29 | I looked down at Susan 's dirty white feet on the dirt road . |
| 30 | Jack continued to gaze down at Ken 's blank face . |