Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rode on at an easy trot , eating up the ground , until finally Murtach said in disgust : ‘ Bragad 's lady — out for a ride , it seems , with five of her husband 's escort for company . ’ |
| 2 | The bridal couple got down at a tiny village of low mud houses . |
| 3 | The Spencer Tracy lookalike beamed down at the Anti-Rex . |
| 4 | So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot . |
| 5 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 6 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 7 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 8 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 9 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 10 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 11 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 12 | Witcher gaped down at the smoking hob in his chest . |
| 13 | Jonathan gaped down at the neat little hole in his chest . |
| 14 | Outside two young men peered in at the lighted women with their bottles and Jonquil 's cans of Carlsberg . |
| 15 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 16 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 17 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 18 | Daughter Laura weighed in at a healthy 61b 4oz . |
| 19 | The windows of the car were open and they hummed along at a steady cruising speed meeting very little traffic . |
| 20 | The steel tracks ground along at a steady rate , flattening glorious highly-finned autos , scattering pedestrians and levelling lampposts . |
| 21 | Caroline and the rest of the group , who were raising funds for the BBC 's annual children in Need appeal , stopped off at a Turkish restaurant during their tour of four restaurants in Aberdeen . |
| 22 | We stopped off at a few cafes on the way so that we could stretch our legs . |
| 23 | Very much easier to produce , these weeping standards consist simply of an easily struck rambler cutting with only the one single strongest shoot allowed to develop into a whip and stopped off at the desired height — or you can throw all convention to the winds and simply use a short pillar , fix an umbrella into position , and let a normal growing rambler fall over it . |
| 24 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 25 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 26 | Miguel must have rung the policía , because their car drew up at the same time as Miguel 's jeep . |
| 27 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Over to the west , the allied fires petered out at the same point ; yet Thiercelin fancied he could hear the rumble of distant movement . |
| 30 | Chuck hesitated and peered out at the teeming streets of Cholon , which they were entering . |