Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cardiff slowly pushed at the door , widening the thin jet-black wedge . |
| 2 | I relished the moment during a rehearsal once when Mel Brooks suddenly boomed at the researcher , ‘ Judith — go to my dressing-room and put on that thing I bought you ! ’ |
| 3 | Corbett secretly marvelled at the cool composure of his opponent . |
| 4 | Scott merely glared at the DI . |
| 5 | Jorge suddenly appeared at the door and Maggie did not wait to hear any answer ; she walked out of the room , scooping up her bag and swinging it over her shoulder , quite satisfied that this time Felipe de Santis had come off worst . |
| 6 | She sometimes felt that were Scott not sitting at the studio news desk , face made up and hair sprayed , ready to roll and clearly in control — why , then the news might never happen . |
| 7 | Donna just stared at the box . |
| 8 | Benstede and Corbett then sat at the edge of a table directly beneath the great dais just as a chorus of trumpets brayed . |
| 9 | Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features . |
| 10 | Now the fact is , if you read Totem and Taboo , whatever you think , and how ever preposterous the idea may seem , what Freud actually says at the end of that book is not that , what Freud says is , there is an in innate , inborn sense of guilt about murdering near relatives like fathers and committing incest . |
| 11 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |
| 12 | For the rest , Friday turned out to be a bad day at Blackrock with Graham losing twice and McHugh and the Clarendon triple skipped by Mark Shannon all falling at the first hurdle . |
| 13 | FIRST TO FALL DEVON MALCOLM scatters the stumps of Ramiz Raja to give England early hope at the Oval . |
| 14 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 15 | Maggie almost cringed at the outright challenge but Candace said nothing at all . |
| 16 | It seems Spain has taken over from Italy as chief innovator on the modern scene : ‘ The 1990s will see Spain firmly positioned at the top of the international market , ’ declares Robert Smith . |
| 17 | but Vietnam joined Laos to torpedo Malaysia 's attempts to have the conference renew the endorsement of ZOPFAN previously made at the Algiers Summit Conference . |
| 18 | Trent hardly looked at the compass . |
| 19 | talking of rejects I was I was conned into going down to Stoke yesterday to look at the Portmeirion seconds shop . |
| 20 | Rore properly stands at the head of this roll-call , above all for his madrigals which are both artistically and historically more important than his generally rather conservative Masses and motets . |
| 21 | What survives , outside MGM 's archives , of the sequence in which Astaire and Charisse separately rehearse at the barre , is just a few black-and-white stills . |
| 22 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 23 | While the ebullient Tim chunders on about anything — switching from astute frontman to village idiot at the twist of a phrase — bassist Martin balefully stares at the floor looking ever more intense and occasionally thundering through a paragraph of bile . |
| 24 | Chairman Garry Gibson yesterday laughed at the prospect not merely of promotion , but the possibility of passing the Magpies on the way . |
| 25 | WASHINGTON D.C. Originally seen at the Taft Museum , Cincinnati , the travelling exhibition ‘ Cavaliers and Cardinals : nineteenth-century French anecdotal paintings ’ can now be seen at the Corcoran Gallery until 8 November . |
| 26 | As she and Adam left , Buzz turned back to see Elinor silently looking at the ceiling . |
| 27 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
| 28 | Minton repeatedly jibed at the art business . |
| 29 | Mandeville viciously kicked at the snow with the toe of his boot . |
| 30 | Hills 's lease at Manton also terminates at the end of next year , and he could return to his original yard in Lambourn which he still owns and where his son John trains . |