Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case came on for hearing at the beginning of April 1992 . |
| 2 | It was not until the end of the 18th century that the first bottle of claret as we now know it was put down for ageing at the famous Chateau Lafite in 1797 . |
| 3 | Zelma , bless her , who has always regarded her son-in-law as a sort of concierge who somehow manages to throw up the odd masterpiece in between sitting at a desk , gazing uselessly out of the window and making endless messes in her kitchen with his coffee dregs and fag ash , had been popping into the study at fairly regular intervals , with unspecific enquiries . |
| 4 | A sentry let us in after looking at the Feldwebel s papers with a torch and we walked up a garden path towards a sort of suburban villa . |
| 5 | The miraculous tales were set down in writing at the very beginning of literacy , even before the Homeric poems of the eighth century BC . |
| 6 | leap in without looking at the detail of it , I think now the function heads namely you , |
| 7 | I cycled over from Creeting at the usual time and when I started it were all right . |
| 8 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 9 | MIKE Small was branded ‘ stupid ’ by furious boss Billy Bonds after being sent off for swearing at a linesman at Oakwell yesterday . |
| 10 | The youngster 's display was the only plus in a 2–1 defeat ; Ellison missed a penalty when the scores were level , and Mitch Cook was sent off for swearing at a linesman ironically Pickering scored his first goal for the club when Quakers were down to ten men . |
| 11 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 12 | If the accused receives ham from the meat stall in a supermarket he is guilty if he makes off before paying at the cashdesk . |
| 13 | But I remember having a day off from teaching at the time , probably because of the various strikes , and watching the lunchtime television . |
| 14 | Last year 's holiday was great , last year , and I might get a bit of enjoyment out of looking at the photographs , but I 'm still paying for one again this year ! |
| 15 | Now , however a new layout has been agreed by the course bookmakers association and the racecourse executive which could take much of the hassle out of betting at the track . |
| 16 | She leaned on the wide sill , looking out with longing at the part of Gullholm visible from the window . |
| 17 | As a young back-bencher , Irwin dreamed one night of meeting Lloyd George in a train carrying them both back from campaigning at a bye-election . |
| 18 | Yesterday 's card will be staged in full today and Royal Gait , not seen out since winning at the Festival in March , is due to contest the Bookmakers Hurdle ( 1.40 ) . |
| 19 | I went back to looking at the screen . |
| 20 | I tried to help out by looking at the putts , but he still did n't really need me . |
| 21 | You 've got ta get on without looking at the book , Grant . |
| 22 | When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! " |
| 23 | Ronni turned round from gazing at the figure on the jetty as her brother , manning the outboard motor behind her , responded with a snort of disapproval . |
| 24 | We can see what went on by looking at the volumes of the annual Report of the Association ; for instance that of 1855 , containing the proceedings of the meeting at Liverpool in September 1854 . |