Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The princess , in a royal purple suit-dress , pushed on in front to sign the visitors ' book while the prince wandered off at the end , leaving his wife in his wake . |
| 2 | Inside were two fairly small square rooms , one each side of the front door , with a roomy kitchen built on at the back . |
| 3 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 4 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 5 | Pauline 's wide , full mouth turned up at the corners . |
| 6 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 7 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 8 | The Blumenthalstrasse address turned out to be one of the shoeboxes , a five-storey block of flats with the staircase and lift-shaft stuck on at the side of a column of frosted-glass bricks . |
| 9 | Stacey nodded enthusiastically , then they all turned as a minibus pulled up at the main entrance . |
| 10 | The expected violence broke out at the news of his death . |
| 11 | However , according to Dave Ball — who was European Marketing Director for Artisoft at the time but has now switched camps to take up the same role at Performance — the deal fell through at the end of last year . |
| 12 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 13 | The superintendent looked up at the SOCO , posing the question like a doctor checking the symptoms of a sickly patient . |
| 14 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 15 | Brilliant light dazzled in at the left-hand window as they swept past Balnaguard , Balmacneil , Kinnaird . |
| 16 | The mysterious figure stared down at the tomb and then turned . |
| 17 | Her mouth picked up at the corners and she just had to laugh . |
| 18 | It 's the fourth year running that the Tudor Manor is playing host to a mini opera season in the three hundred seater auditorium set up at the side of the house . |
| 19 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 20 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 21 | The hedgehog peered up at the dog . |
| 22 | Long-time leader Badrakhani crashed out at the fence , bringing down close fourth Rochester . |
| 23 | The cop peered up at the towering fire escape for several seconds , then , satisfied it was deserted , he walked across the alley to the opposite wall . |
| 24 | He grabbed Joseph roughly by the shoulder as the boy peered in at the window , and pulled him away . |
| 25 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 26 | The overseer squinted up at the ceiling . |
| 27 | In the morning the sun came in at the window and woke me . |
| 28 | The sun shone in at the science-room window . |
| 29 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 30 | But before she could dwell on it a vehicle pulled up at the office door . |