Example sentences of "with [noun sg] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked with horror at the fingers which had cruelly raked Bill Yardley 's face , and heard her own voice uttering words not even fit to be heard in the alleys . |
| 2 | She knew without being told that Ana was walking in her sleep and she was filled with horror at the girl walking through the gate and beyond , perhaps waking late and not knowing where she was , unable to see . |
| 3 | In accepting Orlov 's suggestion and transferring Kiselev to Paris , Alexander damaged the prospects of reform to a much greater extent than he had by replacing Bibikov with Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs . |
| 4 | In one corner stood a case of stuffed fish whose glassy eyes seemed to gaze with malevolence at the newcomers . |
| 5 | Leonora barely heard him , suddenly stricken with dread at the thought of long night hours ahead alone . |
| 6 | The Grain Terminal Board of Directors with chairman at the helm . |
| 7 | ‘ When I read the Medau News , ‘ she says , ‘ I am completely overwhelmed with admiration at the way my Medau colleagues have created a Medau world in this country — far beyond any pipe dreams Molly and I could have had in the early years of struggle . |
| 8 | On the mile-long drive up to the Abbey Anna exclaimed with admiration at the banks of rhododendrons in bloom at each side of the narrow road , and they were chatting with the familiarity of old friends as Merrill pulled into the car park . |
| 9 | A conflict with experience at the periphery occasions readjustments in the interior of the field . |
| 10 | Seconds later , white fangs glistening with saliva at the prospect of yet another easy kill and of having their lean bellies filled with delicious human flesh , the Hellhounds were hot on the trail of their unsuspecting prey … |
| 11 | The following night , Nicholas presented himself with Astorre at the gate of the Mameluke camp , with its well-defended ring of wagons and store-houses . |
| 12 | City : Attalli 's new order of things — one year on Frank Kane finds a Frenchman in the Anglo-Saxon world of banking pleased with progress at the institution he helped to found to rebuild the East |
| 13 | Marjanov 's early training as a machine-fitter was followed by a period of study with Megert at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf , where the artist now lives and works in the Ratherstrasse artists ' collective . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , there are some pretty primitive creatures driving around with money in their Torpedoes and Boomerangs , or sitting down with money at the Mahatma or the Assisi , or just standing there with money , in the shops , in the pubs , in the streets . |
| 15 | Small wonder then that yesterday 's new dawn was greeted with scepticism at the chalk face . |
| 16 | But that is not to take anything away from Rogallo whose researches with NACA at the Langley Research Center into Parawings were well known , and had been picked up by several inventive minds in the kite world . |
| 17 | Some of the ways of doing this are more effective , and create less toxic waste , than others , but many of them share a concern with maintenance at the cost of growth . |
| 18 | He was seen as a supreme First Division predator , with a sequence of seven top-flight goals in just ten games in the mid-winter months as Palace pursued Arsenal and Liverpool at the top of the table ; he was also offered additional encouragement with recognition at the England B level . |
| 19 | So what does that mean with us doing with overtime at the moment then ? |
| 20 | She felt weak with emotion at the sight of him , and the sound of his deep cool voice repeating the vows seemed to resonate in her heart . |
| 21 | As she said it her heart tugged with emotion at the thought of her five-year-old little sister , the daughter of Jake 's father and her own mother , so recently and so tragically orphaned . |
| 22 | I climbed to the top of Conachair and Mullagh Mør and was choked with emotion at the cliffscapes and the interplay of sun on sea and land . |
| 23 | She had a lot of questions she wanted to ask him — his pottery — his plans , but she felt too filled with emotion at the moment . |
| 24 | They all cackle with pleasure at the absurdity of it ; then , as soon as Harry has gone back into his room , they all mock him , walking back and forth about the room holding imaginary braces and letter , and talking with a German accent . |
| 25 | Marie realized that Bella 's face had lit up with pleasure at the sight of Gazzer . |
| 26 | Nowadays , we all swoon with pleasure at the sight of a cow . |
| 27 | Vaguely disappointed , the detective sat by the steamed-up window , attracting the occasional glance from the groups of sullen men at the Formica tables , his nose prickling with pleasure at the smell of frying bacon . |
| 28 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 29 | Kit hugged herself with pleasure at the thought that she had raised a son who would be an engineer . |
| 30 | He was pretending that the errand was a nuisance , though at the same time he was grinning with pleasure at the thought of taking McIllvanney 's brand new sportsboat to sea . |