Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bates hopes to finalise a deal that will reduce his payment from the asking price of £22.85 million to £13 million — and mean Fulham moving in at the end of this season . |
| 2 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |
| 3 | Nurse Walton looked down at his battered face . |
| 4 | She blinked to find Luke glaring down at her . |
| 5 | Yeah but I swear you should have heard Pete mouthing off at Joe ! |
| 6 | Cautious and practical , he took one look at the situation and advised Vincent to get out at once , while he still had a shirt on his back . |
| 7 | Something in Seb 's voice made Carrie look up at him sharply . |
| 8 | I 've got Len coming round at half past twelve |
| 9 | The therapist encouraged Tony to look back at what had and had not changed , and stressed the efforts Tony had made to bring some structure and pleasure to his weekly routine , and to pursue his search for a job . |
| 10 | Judge Lee spoke out at Hereford Crown Court as he took pity on jobless Robert Ward , 20 , who held up a solicitor 's office in Ross-on-Wye . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , efforts were made to persuade Israel to accept back at least some of the refugees . |
| 12 | as if I had n't got enough on my plate with Tim throwing a mid-life crisis and Phil doing the disturbed adolescent bit-now if you please Suzanne comes in at three-thirty in the morning , and me lying there sick with worry , she having never thought to phone , and London with rapists on every street corner or so one 's told . |
| 13 | His arm came tightly around her and Maggie did exactly as he asked as she saw Mitch looking down at them . |
| 14 | Then she squinted upwards , and saw Julius looking down at her . |
| 15 | When he managed to turn his eyes from them he saw Liessa glaring down at him in fury . |
| 16 | ’ He saw Wycliffe looking up at it . |
| 17 | I looked down into the punt and saw Rachel gazing up at me from beneath a wide straw hat . |
| 18 | So I 'll get Oliver booked in at kennels and erm |
| 19 | It 's put Smart Drive in at the front . |
| 20 | Selwyn decided his dinner was more important , reminded Yanto to pick up at half past two , and wandered off . |
| 21 | How did Nick get on at darts last night then ? |
| 22 | RIGHT Said Fred hit back at 2 Unlimited who claimed fans walked out on Fred in Brisbane . |
| 23 | Before she left Rose looked in at Steve . |
| 24 | As was usually the way when the magnificent horses were offered for sale , they sold within the hour , leaving Seb to look around at the other animals and sample the pleasures offered to the fair-goers . |
| 25 | She got up , glowering , without a word , and went to fetch the drink , leaving Gabriel staring down at Lucie . |
| 26 | Showing no ill-effects from the ‘ chucking ’ accusation he had faced earlier in the tour , the Middlesex man soon removed Wright , driving out of the rough and caught at slip ; ended Hartland 's defiant debut at silly point ; had Greatbatch snapped up at short leg after a couple of desperate drives ; and broke through Thomson 's forcing shot via an arm ball . |
| 27 | In later years , we shall find Nietzsche looking back at this first book , and especially its Wagnerian dimension , with very mixed feelings . |
| 28 | Link to water protest suspected SNP hits out at letter bomb attacks |