Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | After touching down at Antigua 's V C Bird airport , the party boarded a Carib Air airplane to the nearby island of Nevis , where the party will stay at the ‘ spartan ’ 16-room Montpelier Plantation Inn . |
2 | " And taken a knife to them , " Graham said , looking down at Slater 's legs and shrugging his arm free of the light grip which held it . |
3 | ‘ You at least have confidence in him , ’ Owen said , thoughtfully frowning down at Hotspur 's vehement hand . |
4 | ‘ John ? ’ the woman said , looking back at Artemis 's father . |
5 | Will he say that he knew what was going on at Luigi 's ? |
6 | He could have said , ’ Yes , I knew what was going on at Luigi 's restaurant . ’ |
7 | He 'd been hearing things , Denis had said , and he wanted to know what was going on at Rafferty 's . |
8 | She imagined herself turning up at Alan 's bedside with an armful of freesias and went hot all over . |
9 | Turning up at Puddephat 's college to make her own inquiries was a much more daunting prospect than her leisurely visit to the Herald library . |
10 | Production had been building up at Courtaulds ' $85 million plant near Mobile , Alabama , since June , 1992 . |
11 | Usually , what with shooting and swimming with the others and riding up at Biddy 's , he had only got back to the garden shed in time to flake out until morning . |
12 | And Monica began kicking out at Alice 's legs , and beating about with her arms . |
13 | He spent more time hanging out at Jacqueline 's flat . |
14 | Robyn pressed her hand to her mouth , read his words two — three times , staring down at Mark 's writing to where that name was etched indelibly in black ink , and felt as if the anguish had paralysed every part of her . |
15 | The boy had crept up behind him and was standing , staring down at Philip 's diagram of the trap . |
16 | THE pace is hotting up at Sotheby 's , the world 's top auction house . |
17 | One thousand and ninety five days of staring up at Pete 's mattress . |
18 | Glancing up at Roman 's face , she felt her heart miss a beat . |
19 | I spoke reflectively , glancing back at Jessica 's face . |
20 | I noted last week , while I hung like the average orang-outang from a strap in a train on the London underground , gazing about at travellers ' knitteds , that many of them had cuffs rolled up . |
21 | They drove south to Cannes , putting up at hotels en route and also camping . |
22 | As I walked through the drizzle I imagined showing up at Bob 's CND group and saying , ‘ Do n't worry . |
23 | People arriving back at London 's Heathrow airport from holidays in the U.S. also spoke of being terrified . |
24 | ‘ And how are you settling in at Templeton 's ? ’ |