Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Do after your kind , ’ said Radulfus , looking down at the pair with a face almost as blanched as the prior 's , ‘ and so must I. Jerome , ’ he said , with absolute and steely authority , ‘ look up and face me . ’ |
| 4 | Er Teddy Roosevelt down at the bottom with the Rough Riders the guns at the top of the hill , the horses at the bottom of the hill you 've heard of the charge of the Light Brigade have n't you ? |
| 5 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 6 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 7 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 8 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 9 | But I mean he 's sucked in at the minute with Linda cos she wants him to put his money with her as well you see . |
| 10 | The arms positioned alongside the body turn in at the elbows with the hands over the groin . |
| 11 | Some women wore a cloak fastened at the shoulder or breast , and some gathered clothing in at the waist with a girdle , usually secured with a buckle . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're in luck , ’ said Jonna , as Ned came panting in at the doorway with an armful of heavily-foliaged twigs . |
| 13 | Cut them off at the base with a razor blade or craft knife . |
| 14 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 15 | I called out that we were ready , but there was no answer , and when I returned to the bedroom I found her lying back full length on the bed , her eyes open and gazing up at the ceiling with that same vacant stare . |
| 16 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 17 | So next time you catch up at the lights with the smug so and so who was stuck to your bumper a mile back , with all the understanding you can muster just remind him that : ‘ There , there dear , size is n't everything you know . ’ |
| 18 | Victoria , who was by now very tired , looked up at the tree with a doubtful pout . |
| 19 | Gloucester play in the Pilkington Cup on saturday … they warmed up at the weekend with a twenty six to ten win over Pontypridd |
| 20 | Finally she stepped into her chosen dress , zipping it up at the back with practised ease . |
| 21 | Could I just ask you , did those bodices do up at the back with hooks and eyes ? |
| 22 | Shaking the water from her matted hair and sodden white lab coat while drawing a series of relieved gulps of air , the woman looked up at the Marines with a weak smile . |
| 23 | And who is that whooping it up at the bar with a glass in his hand ? |
| 24 | She had expected Fernando to turn up at the airport with his arms full of red roses and promises . |
| 25 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 26 | Yet , in spite of all that , and the old mid-winter recordings within me , that winter — last winter — I never once resorted to glancing up at the pulley with its rope , the exhaust pipe of my car nor even the barrel of my shotgun . |
| 27 | ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’ |
| 28 | Riven stared up at the Manse with its flapping pennants . |
| 29 | Bellybutton , painting his delicate silver star , laughed up at the twins with his discoloured teeth , while McIllvanney leered at them from his office window . |
| 30 | ‘ Gngh ? ’ he said , looking up at the woman with a puzzled frown . |