Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see why nuns wear white when they take the veil , but when you think of the way everyone goes on at the prospect of the wedding night innocence is the last thing on anyone 's mind . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 3 | Behind this board ( called a pathfinder ) is the start boat which motors along at the same speed as the board . |
| 4 | Plugged into an amp the EQ takes things from bright , jangling treble to a fat bass which feeds back at the lowest volumes when the relevant slider is pushed way up . |
| 5 | Cantilever An outsole which flares out at the bottom to dissipate shock and aid cushioning and stability . |
| 6 | Glennis Park , from The Comet , Hurworth , is on a temporary six-month lease which runs out at the end of June . |
| 7 | God help the feller who turns up at the factory to work in silk knickers under his overalls , but at Christmas , of course , on a stage , of course , it 's all perfectly all right . |
| 8 | Erm , and that 's about it really , erm , she lives in at the minute , and this was a gentleman called in the sky . |
| 9 | Thus it is Pippin who looks up at the sun and the banners and offers comfort to Beregond , and Merry who never loses heart when even Théoden appears prey to ‘ horror and doubt ’ . |
| 10 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 11 | A person who holds over at the end of a lease is not a trespasser until demand is made , as only the person in possession can be trespassed against ( Hey v Moorhouse ( 1839 ) 6 Bing NC 52 ) . |
| 12 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 13 | Here the Harper clan gather , a small tribe , frail , ageing , on the threshold of 1980 , in the presence of the sky : here thirteen-year-old Celia , young , aspiring , judgemental , reflects upon the past , as , long after her usual bedtime , she looks up at the stars and plots her own future . |
| 14 | And of course , ’ adds Myra , as she looks up at the lights on the hills where the Bakers live , ‘ Howard and Felicity . ’ |
| 15 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 16 | When she arrives back at the WPGET 's headquarters , she will find that Alison Nicholas , a key player in the 1992 Solheim Cup , has handed in her notice as a member of the WPGET 's board . |
| 17 | Her eyes are hot , she stares out at the water , at the summerhouse . |
| 18 | ‘ Most people who use the train regularly know everyone who gets on at the first few stops . |
| 19 | Fernando ( Jorge Sanz ) is a deserter who fetches up at the country home of Manolo , a lazy old artist . |
| 20 | Come August , when the action is beamed back from Barcelona , they might just recognise that man who works down at the local track . |
| 21 | no one sits out at the tables |
| 22 | One looks up at the cheery advertisement that reads ‘ Lonely ? |
| 23 | If one looks back at the text-books and review papers written about psychobiology during t , his period one finds that they were largely preoccupied with topics like motivation and emotion . |
| 24 | In fact , he turns up at the Harlem Hospital , a few blocks north , two days later , and is heckled as he walks along the wards . |
| 25 | It 's almost sad , and it goes up at the end . |
| 26 | " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black . |
| 27 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 28 | He looks up at the class . |
| 29 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 30 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |