Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked down at a letter on the table in front of her , collecting her thoughts . |
| 2 | Last night , two Catholics were gunned down at a shop on the Stewartstown Road , west Belfast and one is believed to have been seriously wounded . |
| 3 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 4 | She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed . |
| 5 | Her mind still racing , she glanced down at the map on the passenger seat and then headed towards the road that would take her to Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 6 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 7 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 8 | So who was down at the bus on her own ? |
| 9 | She looked down at the tray on her lap . |
| 10 | She shivered , looked down at the ring on her finger . |
| 11 | Guests are often late and rarely sit down at the table on time . |
| 12 | He looked down at the food on his tray . |
| 13 | The blade came down at an angle on my first finger , but chopped straight through the rest . |
| 14 | Wycliffe was booked in at a hotel on the waterfront , up river from the wharf and facing the village of Flushing across a narrow stretch of water . |
| 15 | Today he would have liked to remain at Hillmarden for another night , but he had promised Celia he would call in at the clinic on his way back to London , knowing he had a very busy week coming which might make it impossible to see her again until the following weekend . |
| 16 | On one of our south coast patrols I managed to be in at the kill on what turned out to be one of our more amusing combined operations . |
| 17 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 18 | I called in at the office on one of my days off , to see what was doing , and found that a posting had come through for me to report forthwith to Group Headquarters at Huntingdon . |
| 19 | Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea . |
| 20 | Can you drop me off at the apartment on your way home , Sergei ? |
| 21 | Dolly looked up at a knock on the door . |
| 22 | You could put your hand up and ask questions , and you were n't all up at a level on him , he was at the same level as you , talking , and he knew all our abilities so he explained things more clearly to us . |
| 23 | In the living room , Dennis lay across the sofa on his stomach , face flabbed up at an angle on a cushion , mouth gaping . |
| 24 | Mrs Gray looked away and then up at the portrait on the mantel shelf . |
| 25 | Kersey called after him : ‘ Shaw has fixed us up at the hotel on the prom — is that all right ? ’ |
| 26 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 27 | He scored on his debut , against Plymouth up at The Palace on 15 October when we romped to a 6–1 win , and went on to play in every remaining match that season . |
| 28 | Sharpe looked up at the weathercock on the stable roof and saw the wind had backed southerly . |
| 29 | Although there were some variations as the election campaign unfolded , the thrust of the Tory message on law and order did not deviate from the plan drawn up at the meeting on 7 July 1978 . |
| 30 | Zlorf and Ymor stared up at the figure on the threshold . |