Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 2 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 3 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 4 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 5 | Busacher snorted , drank , and wandered over to look at the long table which had been set up right down the centre of Willi 's big living room . |
| 6 | When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops . |
| 7 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 8 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 9 | Er many members of the public took advantage of the offer of the more detailed appraisal er and indeed came in to look at the detailed consultants reports . |
| 10 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 11 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
| 12 | Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement . |
| 13 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 14 | But every time he turned round to look at the black shape labouring after him he was confirmed in the suspicion that Islamic outfits were far sexier than boring old black-leather bras , split-crotch panties or steel suspenders . |
| 15 | Her long ginger hair tumbled to the floor ; her short white skirt rode up to hint at the delicious curves of her tender derriere . |
| 16 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 17 | Alice smiled and nodded , and got up to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 18 | A wedge of frosty light clove a farmyard as someone stepped out to look at the stars in the russet sky . |
| 19 | thank you and if you walked around to look at the flat , would you find a lake and whacking big golf course in the middle of it ? |
| 20 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |
| 21 | After a distinguished student career at Emmanuel College , Cambridge , he went on to study at the University of Paris under Suzanne Bastid . |
| 22 | Having touched on the difficulties of the past year Mr Vernon went on to look at the remarkable successes : |
| 23 | She reached over to look at the bacon before saying , ‘ No ; thank you . |
| 24 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
| 25 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 26 | He ate a dish of cornflakes while wandering around the kitchen and then went out to look at the Triumph , still parked in front of the house . |
| 27 | On a fine spring morning the three grandsons got up early and went out to look at the bee-hives which they kept in the forest . |
| 28 | The rain having petered out for a while , we all went out to stare at the sunset , about which the two poets made lurid remarks . |
| 29 | Cranston stood up and linked his arm through Athelstan 's as they went out to stand at the door whilst the ostler saddled their horses . |
| 30 | Zach threw back the lid in triumph and the twins and George gathered round to look at the contents . |