Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 50th minute Logan made amends when he burst on to Stewart 's pop-up pass and touched down at the posts for the stand-off to convert . |
| 2 | To drain the works in the soles of Fleming 's Level , a pumping and winding sump was put down at the intersection with the cross-cut and it is believed that power for this was by hand . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The buskers were at Leicester Square , deep down at the level of the Piccadilly Line . |
| 7 | Constance spent all her time down at the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 8 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 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 | Half in and half out of the window , Jack looked down at the scene below him in disappointment . |
| 11 | She was down at the scene of the picket . |
| 12 | Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below . |
| 13 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 14 | She looked down at the sheet of paper on her desk . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 21 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 22 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |
| 23 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 24 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Every year , in late October , she would arrive with her annual accounts , and she and Nigel would settle down at the dining-table with a bottle of wine and go through them . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nor yet the immense Catacombs down at the base of the fortress-monastery , where heroes ancient and modern lay in ranks of caskets . |
| 30 | 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 . |