Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below . |
| 2 | He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 4 | We were expecting you down at the Man in the Moon . |
| 5 | He got up as Leo walked across the lawn outside and smiled down at the trio in the swing-seat . |
| 6 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 7 | I was still looking down at the girl in the grass . |
| 8 | As he glanced down at the menu in his hand , the one with the pictures drawn down the side , she could have sworn he was trying very hard not to smile . |
| 9 | Hazel looked down at the road in astonishment . |
| 10 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 11 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 12 | Andra looked down at the concoction in the dusty glass in front of him . |
| 13 | Please do n't side-track me , ’ she said with brisk coolness , glancing down at the notebook in her hand , chewing the end of her pen , and perching on the edge of the desk . |
| 14 | Bowlby has been under pressure ever since the Cheltenham Gold Cup , over his riding tactics on Golden Freeze , coincidentally brought down at The Chair in Thursday 's John Hughes Memorial Chase here . |
| 15 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 16 | Marshka shrugged and looked down at the report in front of him . |
| 17 | ‘ Lee 's got this idea , ’ said Lee 's Mum , ‘ that if he lets Caspar out , someone down at the farm in the village will shoot him . ’ |
| 18 | To that representative of the religious élite who by his bland statement , ‘ How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God ! , ’ revealed that he counted on a reserved seat , our Lord told the parable of the Great Feast . |
| 19 | His voice trailed off and Ruth looked sharply at him as he lowered his gaze and looked down at the paperwork in front of him . |
| 20 | One of them , a tall Hung Mao sat apart from the rest , looked up as the three men approached , then , with the vaguest movement of his head to indicate that they should go on up , looked back down at the rifle in his lap , continuing his meticulous inspection of the weapon . |
| 21 | It was down at the harbour in Belfast . |
| 22 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 23 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
| 24 | She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it . |
| 25 | The fifteenth hole is short but dangerous ; its plateau green is ringed by bunkers at the front and sides and the trees press in at the back in a claustrophobic way — a nightmarish hole if you are playing badly . |
| 26 | With the Further Education Centre now providing facilities for some 40 or more physical activity and Yoga classes , someone had to get her foot in at the door in those early days ! |
| 27 | Like one of those European taxis that you get picked up in at the airport in Paris . ’ |
| 28 | There 's a lovely suit in at the moment in the sale in what 's that place called ? |
| 29 | Meanwhile over at The Theatre in Chipping Norton Mother Goose has found a novel way of beating the recession . |
| 30 | And the tall tree arched over at the top in a graceful curve like a shepherd 's crook , as if it were looking down to admire itself . |