Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | er , er , her son was a teacher up at the school Ivor |
| 62 | Grindlewood , built in the Palladian style , turned its nose up at the rest of us with its columns and porticoes and pilasters . |
| 63 | She rooted through the cupboards , turned her nose up at the dishes in the sink , selected tea cups and located the caddy . |
| 64 | It comes as some surprise , therefore , to hear one of the men likely to benefit turning his nose up at the prospect of winning a ‘ cheap cap ’ . |
| 65 | For much of that day , everything is put on hold — Nirvana 's soundcheck , interviews , the NME picture session , Teenage Fanclub 's soundcheck , everything — because Kurt is n't around , still holed up with the missus back at the hotel . |
| 66 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 67 | ‘ Did you see that slimy bastard of a cousin of mine ? ’ said Jessica , as they went through their undressing routine back at the house . |
| 68 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 69 | She came to the smartgun mounting , and ripped the multi-barrelled weapon out at the roots . |
| 70 | To give a full description of even a simple evening out at the theatre could cover numerous pages , and it is unlikely that the writer has the time or wish to do this . |
| 71 | Everything you want to complete your evening out at the theatre |
| 72 | for your evening out at The Playhouse |
| 73 | And managing to sniff out of her second in command a crisis back at the office , even though he tried to steer the conversation well away from work . |
| 74 | The joke around at the time was that it would be filmed with a hand-held camera . |
| 75 | ‘ That young Londoner up at the farm , you say ? |
| 76 | Thomas Duke ( mentioned earlier ) occupied a cottage up at the mine , probably in Irish Row , and it was bad enough , or unfinished enough , to require 170½ square yards of plastering , for which Miles Mason was paid £5 : 13s , 4d . |
| 77 | That 's the only one that ever I remembered but they were all , and they you know they , they used to graze their horses up there in that field up at the top , and this Billy that used to go round all the district and , and buy up all these old cast horses and bring them up there until he had a consignment gathered up . |
| 78 | Erm no , well have a look up at the back and see if you can see anything . |
| 79 | And finally … if you 're in the Didcot area of Oxfordshire tonight , take a look up at the Power Station . |
| 80 | She rang hubby up at the team hotel the afternoon of the match and told him which way to dive should beardsley get a penno. £ |
| 81 | And when she put the phone down at the end she said that was , that was |
| 82 | He swept the ball in at the end of a typical flowing Ipswich move . |
| 83 | She writes about her country home : ‘ The old toad is rolling his drum down at the foot of the hill , and the crunch , crunch of the cows is near to my window over the barbecue . |
| 84 | Me brother was deputy in at the time erm |
| 85 | Well all the Sri Lankan batsmen seem pretty good at adopting the tactic of sticking the pad down at the back follow somewhere after it . |
| 86 | There 's a lovely suit in at the moment in the sale in what 's that place called ? |
| 87 | He pushed his head in at the window " Are you the vet ? " |
| 88 | Shin up the fireman 's poles to heights never reached before but before careful the potato does n't bash your head in at the top . |
| 89 | Shin up the fireman 's poles to heights never reached before but before careful the potato does n't bash your head in at the top . |
| 90 | You have n't got the hole there to put your head in at the moment then ? |