Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 32 | Down at the far end of the valley , there was still snow on the upper slopes of the mountains ; they looked as if they 'd been sugar-dusted , with stone walls showing like fine , black veins above the treeline . |
| 33 | Down at the far end someone has fitted a neon sign , but the rest of the sites are anonymous in the night . |
| 34 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 35 | We 'll start down at the far end of what we call the lured mark and from there you 'll have to tack all the way up to this closest one , the windward mark . |
| 36 | Louise gave an exclamation of displeasure , and Edouard rose to his feet , Grégoire remained absolutely still , looking down at the smashed cup . |
| 37 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 38 | Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’ |
| 39 | Gina sprang to her feet glaring down at the golden-skinned Dane lounging opposite her . |
| 40 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 41 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 42 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 43 | ‘ You 're lucky you 're up this end of the Cages with us because there 's … ’ and here he dropped his voice into a horrified whisper , ‘ … there 's a couple of vultures down at the other end . |
| 44 | It was just I , I went down they played Liverpool in the cup about that era , and the , the wall was pushed down at the Street end but erm the people just spilled on the pitch and I do n't think anyone was really hurt , this happened when they played er Liverpool in the cup a couple of years ago the wall was pushed down at the other end on that occasion , but er there was just one , one person hurt but there was n't anybody very seriously injured as I understand |
| 45 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 46 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 47 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 48 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | He lifted her up on to the parapet of a little bridge , and she screamed , looking down at the dark water below . |
| 51 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 52 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 53 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
| 54 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 55 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 56 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 57 | Lisa sighed in frustration and sat back in her armchair , scowling down at the flickering gas fire . |
| 58 | A more erudite musician — or courteous companion — you wo n't meet ; and I shall treasure for aye the memory of his sitting down at the grand piano in the front room of his Edinburgh town-house to demonstrate how two operations to his 95-year-old hands had not impaired his keyboard ability : what he then produced was some of the most sheerly beautiful bach playing I have ever heard . |
| 59 | Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow . |
| 60 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |