Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She did n't find it , but buried right down at the bottom she did find a tape cassette in a box . |
2 | Right down at the bottom there by the apple tree . |
3 | To Ronni 's surprise , and apparently also to Guido 's , Silvia stared humbly down at the ground for a moment . |
4 | Tessa watched him , completely absorbed in him , as he sat wearily down at the table again , located the brown sugar among the remains of the breakfast things , and dug a spoonful out to lick at . |
5 | Tristan made a noncommittal gesture and his brother sank wearily down at the table . |
6 | Gav stood by the hall table , shifting his weight from side to side and glancing nervously down at the phone now and again . |
7 | What I think is happening , I find this interesting , people are rejecting the idea of the aesthetic , and I 'm not quite sure why ; I do n't know whether they think it 's elitist or whether they 've got no taste of their own , or what , I do n't know , but people read poems not as poems which convey aesthetic emotion , which is the way I tend to think about poems ultimately , but simply as ideological statements and political texts , or at least , things that give you some understanding of the way people thought or so on at the time … . |
8 | ‘ You walk to your London office in preference to using your car on your non-interviewing days ? ’ he enquired , and Fabia looked swiftly down at the carpet . |
9 | Dotty looked thoughtfully down at the tablecloth . |
10 | She went hot all over at the thought , too upset to understand that she had only escaped his hold because he had let her . |
11 | it was all over at the start of the second half … it took Millwall just 17 seconds and ten touches to win the game … |
12 | If the Government spends less than the budget says it would spend during the year , then it is obviously better off at the end of the year and can then spend more or repay borrowings or reduce taxes . |
13 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
14 | She sat for maybe ten minutes staring gloomily out at the rain , which gave no sign of abating , knowing her options were limited to a choice of one . |
15 | If you tire of the beach and the windsurfers , pedalos or sailing dinghies — all included in the price of course — join the games and competitions run all day long back at the Club by the entertainments team . |
16 | ‘ This is a pleasant room — very charming , ’ he murmured , clearly absorbed by his own inner thoughts as he glanced idly around at the cream carpet and the matching raw silk curtains edging the windows . |
17 | Willie hung on to Tom 's left trouser leg and peered gingerly round at the mare as they walked past it . |
18 | Yeah it 's , it 's just on at the moment er they did n't hear any the other stuff |
19 | The friar glanced despondently down at the sand and gravel . |
20 | Meanwhile over at The Theatre in Chipping Norton Mother Goose has found a novel way of beating the recession . |
21 | Well it 's just , it is n't off , it 's off , just off at the mains . |
22 | Meanwhile back at the Ministry of Defence George was not back at the Ministry . |
23 | The story occurs in a temporally accurate sequence so that there are quick changes of scene , i.e. ‘ meanwhile back at the ranch ’ , but no flash-backs or alterations of the temporal sequence . |
24 | Paige said nothing , but stared morosely out at the wall of water . |
25 | But the van driver was already round at the back of his vehicle , unloading boxes . |
26 | A short distance further on at the foot of the side-valley of Deepdale and snugly sheltered by a background of trees , is the Methodist Chapel of Deepdale , a survivor amongst the many Methodist chapels in the district that have ceased to provide services and been sold . |
27 | Yes she 's still on at the phone . |
28 | Steering is largely done by one of the sailors sheeting out , for instance , if the back sail is depowered the board will bear away with all the power still on at the front . |
29 | A is she on still on at the moment ? |
30 | More down at the bottom . |