Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , obviously I 'm not going to talk about profits from the T V division just now , because Thames only came in at the half year , and we 're not including any profits from B Sky B in the half year , but it 's likely that we 'll take some de-loan stock interest in at the year end . |
| 2 | When I finally arrived back at the Bible Room , headvoice was giving me unmerciful stick : |
| 3 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 4 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
| 5 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
| 6 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all cold , ’ she complains , then two minutes later she 's back eating it like she just sat down at the table . |
| 8 | It always came up at the very worst of times . |
| 9 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
| 10 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 11 | MANCHESTER City chairman Peter Swales yesterday hit out at the eight Premier League clubs who torpedoed the £13 million Bass sponsorship deal . |
| 12 | He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat . |
| 13 | Brown also hit out at the content of rap music , saying , ‘ I 'm not knocking rappers , but there 's no reason children have to hear four-letter words on the radio . ’ |
| 14 | It practically went in at the nose . |
| 15 | Well it 's history that Langer and Graham never made it , although Langer nearly chipped in at the end to force that playoff and give us a few tremble s . |
| 16 | Boxers , footballers and athletes who eventually broke through at the highest level , in championships in football league , in international meetings , made it not so much in spite of their blackness but because of it . |
| 17 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 18 | Mr Brocklehurst , on the other hand , now looked round at the girls , and almost jumped in surprise . |
| 19 | A GIRL today hit back at the judge who let her sex attacker walk free because she was ‘ not entirely an angel ’ . |
| 20 | Within seconds he had been substituted and within minutes a goal almost came about at the other end . |
| 21 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |
| 22 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 23 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 24 | Lin Foh hesitated , frowned , then glanced back at the two young Foreign Office men ; they were hardly protection for the Colonel ; rather , were deliberately overt presences with him , keeping an eye on him on the instruction of the Foreign Secretary . |
| 25 | She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there . |
| 26 | She looked past the strolling holidaymakers at the gaily-painted shops along the front , then looked up at the hillside and , beyond it , the Wall , towering over all . |
| 27 | Tubby took one swallow and then looked up at the Colonel . |
| 28 | A resigned silence congealed over the rows of people and the Reverend Archibald Menzies gripped the edges of the lectern , closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling , then looked down at the serried faces and spoke . |
| 29 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 30 | His eyes met Rosten 's , bright with gratitude , then looked down at the short sword . |