Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [pron] in the " in BNC.

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1 A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud .
2 So that we 've got to get land in at something in the order of ten to fifteen thousand pounds an acre for residential development , and that obviously is hugely under the going rate .
3 Turning around to peer up at him in the gathering darkness , Laura had no clue what he was thinking as she viewed his bland expression , which echoed the studied unconcern in his voice .
4 His own address stared up at him in the same black hand
5 " Coming out to play ? " he said , smiling up at her in the sunlight .
6 She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light .
7 She had been woken up at one in the morning by Mr Landor and again at four , and both times he had been abusive , calling her ‘ a bitch as fat and stupid ’ as his wife .
8 I look up at myself in the mirror while I 'm soaking my hands .
9 Meredith , looking up at it in the sunshine , felt five years old again .
10 Curtis then came back at him in the following set , to take a 4–2 lead , but the Nottingham player was swift to respond with a counter-attack , taking the next two games to square the set .
11 But the way Wycombe came back at us in the first game should serve as a warning that it will not be easy . ’
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