Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 2 | The Spanish reporter , Alfonso Roja , describes a woman in Baghdad , her eyes smouldering , shouting down at a crowd of Western journalists : ‘ Is this what you call Western civilisation ? ’ |
| 3 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 4 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 5 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 6 | Leaving bridle line ‘ C ’ slack , pull on the connector ring ( sometimes a snap and swivel is fitted instead ) so that lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ are taut and the ring is held down at the level of the rear cross-spar . |
| 7 | The buskers were at Leicester Square , deep down at the level of the Piccadilly Line . |
| 8 | Constance spent all her time down at the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 10 | She was down at the scene of the picket . |
| 11 | She looked down at the sheet of paper on her desk . |
| 12 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 13 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 14 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 15 | That proof showed that general relativity is only an incomplete theory : it can not tell us how the universe started off , because it predicts that all physical theories , including itself , break down at the beginning of the universe . |
| 16 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 17 | No doubt the wall was lower at some point — down at the edge of the parkland , perhaps — but she had neither the time nor the inclination to find out . |
| 18 | ‘ Room service , ’ said the waiter , glancing down at the tip of the silencer he could see pointed at him from through the white cloth covering the lower part of the trolley . |
| 19 | He puts it down at the base of the new li ga — the stripped pine trunk that all the men brought back from the forest and erected early this morning — and pours some water over the lamb 's head and in a stripe down its back to the base of the tail . |
| 20 | Nor yet the immense Catacombs down at the base of the fortress-monastery , where heroes ancient and modern lay in ranks of caskets . |
| 21 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
| 22 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 23 | The music was turned down at the request of a fat man who was actually trying to sleep through all the noise . |
| 24 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 25 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 26 | Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines . |
| 27 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 28 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 29 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 30 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |