Example sentences of "[adv] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he sat up in bed and looked eagerly at the different handwritings . |
| 2 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 3 | The President gazed thoughtfully at the two dispatches lying on his desk . |
| 4 | So daunting is this prospect , that many taxpayers should look afresh at the best forms of taxation and the best destinations for the proceeds . |
| 5 | He looked doubtfully at the rain-filled skies . |
| 6 | ‘ He loves jumping , and he loves the atmosphere , especially at the indoor shows where it is more immediate — a packed arena with a receptive crowd seems to lift his performance . |
| 7 | Some of our colleges are losing staff to the tertiary colleges as Burnham , especially at the lower levels , compares unfavourably with F.E. scales . |
| 8 | I am prepared to argue that doing business involves , even at the lower levels in an organization but especially at the higher levels of management , semantic problem-solving ; for example , agreeing on boundaries , identifying individuals , establishing and maintaining classifications , conjecturing ways of doing things that belong in no existing formal schema . |
| 9 | In the course of the 1960s the boundaries of what counted as " English " began to expand as more interdisciplinary and joint programmes of study were offered , especially at the new universities and later at the polytechnics . |
| 10 | Having entered this Christian society the individual had to conform to its beliefs and to demonstrate conformity by attendance at Church , especially at the main feasts of the ecclesiastical year . |
| 11 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
| 12 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 13 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 14 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 15 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 16 | He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house . |
| 17 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 18 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 19 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 20 | Not handsome , but nice-looking in a way I had usually rather deprecated , if not despised : not the lean and craggy looks that I had always admired , but a blunt-featured face with a wide mouth , dark eyes tilted slightly down at the outer corners , and an untidy thatch of brown hair of which a couple of locks fell over a broad forehead , and were from time to time irritably brushed back . |
| 21 | Lewis looked down at the uncarpeted floor-boards and put his note-book away . |
| 22 | Turning her head towards him , Laura glanced down at the rumped sheets on the mattress beside her . |
| 23 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 24 | Melissa glanced down at the powerful fingers with the powdering of sawdust round the nails and then up into the fierce black eyes , and her heart began to thump . |
| 25 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
| 26 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 27 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 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 | I heard Mr Loveitt say summat like it with his own lips , and the landlord down at the Seven Stars . ’ |
| 30 | I looked down at the glistening pavements . |