Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] with [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni scowled at him , suddenly filled with alarm at the way his arm was round her waist and at the way her body longed to sink unresisting against it . |
| 2 | There was a lot of noise , much broken glass and Bernard and Laura could only guess with horror at the disreputable behaviour until they found evidence on the lawn the following morning . |
| 3 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 4 | If you just deal with politics at a surface , organizational level , you never understand how things have got to be this way . |
| 5 | During his session with the unfortunate staff at Caterer and Hotel Keeper he was always wheezing with laughter at something that did not really seem to warrant it . |
| 6 | However , during all those years of ‘ cut your carbohydrates ’ advice , which impressed itself so much on the British public that many people are still overwhelmed with guilt at the sight of a slice of bread or a potato , all high-carbohydrate foods were grouped together as culprits in causing this rebound hunger which led to excessive eating . |
| 7 | Despite all our scientific study of the physical world , one can still look with wonder at the panorama of ‘ ordinary ’ objects and events presented to us by our senses and can still — indeed should — ask the basic question : ‘ What is it all , fundamentally ? ’ |
| 8 | The air was still singed with temper at lunchtime . |
| 9 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 10 | The first draft also met with opposition at an EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on June 17 when the United Kingdom , supported by Denmark and Portugal , called for the removal of a phrase in the preamble describing the treaty as " a new stage in the gradual process leading to a union with a federal goal " . |
| 11 | And , when some other retired persons says in my presence ‘ I do n't know how I found time for work ’ , I no longer inwardly cringe with scorn at the well worn cliche as I used to do but instead I enthusiastically and of course sagely nod my head in hearty agreement . |
| 12 | As the ‘ derived offers ’ figure rises during the cycle it is automatically flagged with CARE at 75 per cent of the maximum to be made , STOP at 85 per cent and FULL at 100 per cent . |
| 13 | Mortified , inwardly seething with fury at this last suggestion , Caroline had endured Roman 's taunting smile as he 'd wryly assured his hostess that nothing would give him greater pleasure … |
| 14 | She had n't seen him for almost five years and yet — less than twenty-four hours later — she 'd been not only happily returning his kisses , but also moaning with pleasure at the feel of his hands on her body . |
| 15 | They both looked with disgust at the men who came rolling drunk from the inns and ale-houses . |
| 16 | She nearly gasped with dismay at the shock that shivered down into her tummy . |
| 17 | Former Scottish international goalkeeper Harvey , who was also associated with Hankin at Whitby , has resigned as coach at Harrogate Town , the HFS Loans League First Division club . |
| 18 | Balcha recovered , grew up as a page in Menelik 's household and later fought with distinction at Adua , where in 1896 the Abyssinians destroyed an Italian army . |
| 19 | No Greek-Macedonian interpreters are recorded for Alexander 's expedition , though hardly any interpreters of any kind are , so this is not significant ; but Alexander 's education , at the hands of Aristotle , and his reading — Xenophon , Euripides , and especially Homer — shows him thoroughly imbued with hellenism at the cultural level . |
| 20 | My legs were shaking , I could see that he was nearly bursting with excitement at having something to tell me that I did n't already know . |
| 21 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 22 | Naseby had positively glowed with satisfaction at the revelations of this budding Sarah Bernhardt . |
| 23 | His green crest , she saw , was now tinged with brown at the roots . |
| 24 | Approaches that have tended to over-emphasise the cost aspects of RMI and to make it appear as a finance-driven system tend to alienate the service provider groups and often meet with resistance at clinician level . |
| 25 | My constituents often look with envy at the relatively low freight costs for transport from the Scottish mainland to the Western Isles compared with transport costs from the mainland to the northern isles . |
| 26 | This argument was often associated with alarm at the various and fragmented character of the future teacher 's educational experience , but it went further than that . |
| 27 | His reputation dwindled in the shadow of his brother 's achievements during the years between Marconi and World War I , and although his journalism remained incisive , it was increasingly tainted with bitterness at the perceived economic and political decay of Edwardian England . |
| 28 | But Pardy had known he was in a crowded place and that animals were involved which might very well react with panic at his action . |
| 29 | In the Shropshire incident , another chestnut owned by a schoolgirl was found with its legs tightly bound with tape at the Rough Park riding stables , Telford . |
| 30 | ‘ Bob is a marvellous writer ! ’ said Dyson , his voice almost breaking with emotion at his own generosity . |