Example sentences of "[verb] at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dale is dominated at its lower end by two scars , Great Coum and Combe Scar , both carved out by the passing glaciers , while the sweeping fells of Barbondale mark the point at which the Dent fault has thrust the older Silurian gritstones thousands of feet above their original bed . |
| 2 | After all , you do n't invite the left in to gloat at your own failure . |
| 3 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 4 | ‘ But I think he was quite rational last night , ’ said Breeze , marvelling at her own coolness . |
| 5 | Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months , marvelling at his gallant spirit and his unfailing good temper . |
| 6 | In Britain , one has already been struck off and three others are facing disciplinary hearings for improper sexual conduct with patients , the British Psychological Society disclosed at its annual conference in Scarborough yesterday . |
| 7 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 8 | She 's so scared , she 'd jump at her own shadow . ’ |
| 9 | If your client is in a trade , say baking , then you must deal with his trade journals , Clients are sensitive enough about what is said about them in the consumer press but when negatives appear in their own trade journal , the sparks fly at your next client meeting . |
| 10 | I managed to film this without Mr Bolt Head noticing at our last meeting . |
| 11 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 12 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 13 | He doubled up laughing at his own joke . |
| 14 | Then Brett started laughing at my Brummy vest . |
| 15 | This disposition of rooms made it possible to treat the residual high-level space as a single living/dining/cooking area , with the kitchen located at its northern end , divided from the generous living-dining-room only by a head-height folding screen . |
| 16 | This indicates that the region of RAP74 responsible for the interaction with RAP30 in vivo is located at its N-terminal domain . |
| 17 | 94 extended articles on specific aspects of British and American life and institutions , ranging from ‘ architecture ’ , ‘ clothes ’ , ‘ advertising ’ and ‘ newspapers ’ , to ‘ television ’ , ‘ the police ’ , ‘ the royal family ’ and ‘ humour ’ ( conveniently located at their alphabetical position in the text ) . |
| 18 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 19 | A dialysis machine has now been installed at their new home in Oxford , supervised by his New Zealand born wife . |
| 20 | The investment property is included at its open market value . |
| 21 | The investment property is included at its open market value . |
| 22 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 23 | In 1863 the 200-ton brig Comet sank at her Funchal anchorage , and in 1877 the schooner Patagonia went ashore near Ponta São Lourenço . |
| 24 | Now , gentle reader , I expect at my third reference to you as ‘ gentle reader ’ you 're starting to feel rather less than gentle towards me . |
| 25 | Her eyes had flown to meet his , then dropped at his sarcastic comment as her cheeks became stained with an ugly red . |
| 26 | Again , as early as 1969 , it was Glenn Gould who , having seen some of the early Karajan/ Clouzot films of orchestral and choral music , rejoiced at their imaginative refutation of what he called the ‘ proscenium psychology ’ . |
| 27 | Mrs Alderley gazed stupefied at his rigid back . |
| 28 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 29 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 30 | Each guest 's name and room number are recorded , plus his or her newspaper requirements , their room status and the time of their alarm call if needed ( the system automatically rings at their selected time ) . |