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 .
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