Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott looks back at it as someone who has learned a great deal and contributed to shifting opinion about private and statutory sector relationships . |
| 2 | McDunn glances back at me before stopping at the phone and nodding down at it . |
| 3 | He stares out at us with steely blue eyes , his hair neatly twisted into one dark curl on his forehead ; he 's sporting a smart black frock-coat with a neatly-buttoned waistcoat and a full cravat anchored down with an ornate jewelled pin and chain . |
| 4 | He screams back at her to be still . |
| 5 | ( He smiles briefly at them without mirth , and starts to back out , his parting shot rising again . ) |
| 6 | Mohamed Ali — who cries out at you from our front page today — is just 10 days old and the latest orphan in famine-stricken Somalia . |
| 7 | It 's starting to get dark — a small bright star twinkles cheekily at me from between the chimneys . |
| 8 | As I write , he nods down at me from the wall beside my desk ; shining brass-reel in place , cast and flies still ready for action , waiting for the last trumpet to sound . |
| 9 | He peers out at us from the photograph on the front cover of his catalogue raisonné : all we see is his deadpan baby-face , hovering horizontal about a foot above the studio floor , the rest of his body is concealed nay , shrouded by one of his crinkly gesso ‘ achrome ’ paintings which is propped against the studio wall . |
| 10 | When it turns to face them it will be at an even greater disadvantage because , when it strikes out at them with its paws , it will find itself robbed of its defensive weapons and unable to protect itself . |