Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water , coming right in at the small bay . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
| 3 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 4 | He looked thoughtfully down at the white box , Mo 's coffin . |
| 5 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 6 | So a sudden death play-off was required to settle the matter and it was almost all over at the 19th hole . |
| 7 | Did John Doe do much up at the Tilberthwaite Mines ? |
| 8 | The next morning , he laced up his walking boots while Detective Furness , squinting doubtfully up at the cloudy sky , telephoned the mountain rescue post on the other side of the peak to advise the guide of their intentions . |
| 9 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 10 | ‘ Nor do I. ’ He smiled at her , and she smiled gently back at the tall , grey-haired , spare-framed man , whose brown eyes were so like her own , and whose hair at one time had been auburn , too , not a grizzled grey as it was now . |
| 11 | But I 'd half-learned several languages on my travels , and somehow they each floated familiarly back at the first step on to the matching soil . |
| 12 | The tram schoogled away again , and Maggie gazed eagerly out at the passing scene . |
| 13 | I looked drowsily around at the empty green miles sleeping under the sunshine . |
| 14 | Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people |
| 15 | So the cameraman , looking through his viewfinder , could see the caption slide through the glass plate , plus sufficient reflection of the action going on over at the black drape set . |
| 16 | Standing in front of him , she glared disagreeably down at the tousled brown hair . |
| 17 | Is he not up at the like . |
| 18 | Then he looked peacefully up at the white ceiling again . |
| 19 | Meanwhile back at the Regimental Museum in Gloucester , George Newhouse remembered the moment 41 years ago when the Chinese attacked . |
| 20 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |
| 21 | Right now , Kendall is not back at the aristocratic Everton he knew seven years ago . |
| 22 | He also enjoyed staunch support from both Salisbury ( 12 ) , who stayed 82 minutes to help add 73 for the seventh wicket and Tufnell , who was 10 not out at the close and had become the fourth England player in the match to better his previous best Test score . |
| 23 | Panting , Ruth looked desperately round at the great host of Women . |
| 24 | It must have been then that the two coaches came to light because we moved house in 1925 and quite certainly the coaches were never at the old house but appeared very early on at the new one . |
| 25 | She blinked and looked demurely down at the grey and red carpet which squelched across the floor like a rabbit that had been run over by a lorry . |
| 26 | Which means , ’ he added , glancing quickly down at the slim gold watch on his wrist , ‘ I want you to pack a suitcase as quickly as possible , because we have very little time in which to catch the plane . ’ |
| 27 | As the men went out of the door Laura stared glumly over at the young policewoman . |
| 28 | But he seems to have succeeded in executing a ragged but effective withdrawal , hesitating and equivocating his way back at the last session until night fell over the battlefield . |
| 29 | Well we have yes , but some of those that have gone seem to be clawing their way back at the last minute erm Longeaton look to be saved again at very last knockings erm so of course Eastbourne has gone . |
| 30 | Now as I said way back at the very beginning , the greeting and appropriate sociability will set the scene if it 's too short or too long it will doubtlessly alienate the whole process but you can see the domino effect you but you can see the domino effect you |