Example sentences of "[adv] at the [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was impressed by Lovat 's manner during the landing , on the beach under fire , and especially at the crossroads as he stood and directed the attack on the village of Amfreville . |
| 2 | She looked down at the ice as she spoke . |
| 3 | Quickly dragging her gaze from his splendid body , Polly stared with intense concentration up at the mainsail , then down at the compass as embarrassment flamed her face . |
| 4 | Bridhe smiled down at the baby as she panted up the stairs again . |
| 5 | Glancing down at the package as though it might just possibly bite , she took a deep breath and began to unpick the sellotape that held it intact . |
| 6 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 7 | He smiled fondly at the girl as he spoke , and Paulette , who in truth was very pretty , blew him a kiss before lying back on the pillows . |
| 8 | The horses nosed patiently at the ground as they waited . |
| 9 | Nails screeched and popped , and the board juddered away at the bottom as something outside slammed against the wood . |
| 10 | The root is at the top , as in Figure 5 ( not at the bottom as in botany ) . |
| 11 | Juliet glanced quickly at the girl as she folded up the stethoscope . |
| 12 | I suggest we put it once at the end as erm , item so and so , so and so , so and so , are two piece construction . |
| 13 | He stands looking straight at the judge as the clerk reads out his name and that of his co-defendant , Robert Lopez , who is charged with manslaughter and inflicting grievous bodily harm . |
| 14 | Antiscum did OK at the weekend as it happens . |
| 15 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |
| 16 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 17 | Like dacite domes , rhyolite domes often form within the crater of a preexisting volcano , but they may equally well pop up at the surface as isolated extrusions , not visibly related to any volcano . |
| 18 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 19 | up at the back as well there . |
| 20 | About 20 travellers turned up at the court as one of their group , Gary Frost , 28 , father of a year-old daughter , was due to appear from custody . |
| 21 | You 'll pick me up at the flat as usual on your way into town this evening , Rory ? ’ |
| 22 | Carol looked up at the weathercock as the car drew up at her house in the cobbled square . |
| 23 | The other two were — ’ he looked up at the roof as he struggled for the word ‘ — how you say , scared of him ? |
| 24 | He expects me to carry on up at the manor as though it 's just another working day. ? |
| 25 | Look carefully at the pavement as there are many details that tell a story . |
| 26 | You wander in , you pay your ninety P , and I say If you just go through that door please , and the next minute I 'm out at the bar as well saying What would you like to drink ? |
| 27 | The computer recognises some of the words and phrases which the child types in and reflects them back at the child as open-ended questions that encourage the child to reply . |
| 28 | All turned to look back at the door as the footsteps approached on the flagstones . |
| 29 | She sang Susanna earlier this summer in Simon Rattle 's period Figaro for Glyndebourne ( due to be seen on BBC TV before Christmas ) and is now back at the Coliseum as Pamina in Nicholas Hytner 's luminously hieroglyphic Magic Flute . |
| 30 | He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six . |