Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 2 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
| 3 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 4 | On the 20th of March Katherine and Beatrice dined together at the Closerie des Lilas . |
| 5 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 6 | Bernice gazed stupidly at the engineer . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 8 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 9 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
| 10 | Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath . |
| 11 | Individuals doing their own thing does not work , as Jacques Chirac found out at a 1988 Paris rally . |
| 12 | Bernice peered questioningly at the Doctor . |
| 13 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
| 14 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
| 15 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 16 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 17 | Meredith poked mistrustfully at the colourful heap on her plate with the fork . |
| 18 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 19 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 20 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 21 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 22 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
| 23 | Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape . |
| 24 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 25 | And in the third part , " Tuami glanced back at the gap through the mountain and saw that it was full of golden light and the sun was sitting in it " . |
| 26 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
| 27 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 28 | Then Adams hit out at the dismissal of defenceman Mike Ware , saying : ‘ We 're told Mike went for a Fife player — he never hit him . |
| 29 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 30 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |