Example sentences of "at [art] [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 2 | His institute claims the record for growing bananas at the highest altitude using passive solar heating alone , among other more widely applicable examples of energy efficiency . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 4 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 5 | An excursion to the top of the high alpine road of Gross Glockner will leave you breathless at the fantastic views stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction . |
| 6 | Durance was still looking at the painted woman stepping from the shadow . |
| 7 | Then she stared , amazed , at the fragile rosebud lying across his palm . |
| 8 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 9 | She shook her head to dispel the shadows and looked at the four children sitting listlessly on the couch . |
| 10 | Mrs Hawkins suggested that tablecloths — non iron variety — should be purchased to be used at the various functions requiring tables . |
| 11 | If a successful sponsorship deal is arranged , the Liberator will be based in the UK for a two year period , during which time it would be a major attraction at the various events marking the 50th Anniversary of the US 8th Air Force 's arrival in the UK . |
| 12 | Notwithstanding the fact that , according to the document , The Future Value of our Qualification , issued at the same time as the Manifesto , the Institute believes that chartered accountants want it to ‘ safeguard the reputation of the profession and to enhance the value of their qualification ’ and ‘ to concentrate on helping them succeed professionally ’ , at the present time practising members are concerned primarily with their practices ' cash flow and profitability , and the threat of litigation . |
| 13 | The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’ |
| 14 | His only blemish on the front nine was at the second hole dropping shots at 14 and 15 brought it to four under but a good birdie at 16 and a level par finish gave him a 66 and the course record by two shots . |
| 15 | It will probably not go unnoticed if you appear well organized at this stage , and it will certainly help you to appear at the right place and at the right time looking calm and unruffled . |
| 16 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |
| 17 | Slowly raising his head , Ross stared down at his wife , his grey eyes stormy with passion as he gazed at the blonde hair forming a golden halo about her head , and the creamy skin of her naked body , gleaming in the light of the soft lamps . |
| 18 | It stared at the good eye moving frantically in its socket . |
| 19 | She gazed at the golden-haired figure standing so tall and so proud in the centre of the stage . |
| 20 | The King complained about the singing of the ‘ Red Flag ’ and the ‘ Marseillaise ’ at the Labour Party meeting in the Albert Hall a few days before . |
| 21 | This and many other recollected gems stand out in The Don 's admirably planned and delivered speech at the 1989 dinner marking the opening of the Bradman Museum at Bowral , NSW and the Bradman Trust . |
| 22 | He was annoyed at the bloody woman letting me have . |
| 23 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 24 | We look at the political troubles facing the space station and , on the next page , the Superconducting Super Collider |
| 25 | The almost unanimous passage of the decree , by 364 votes to 6 , came at the end of a day of turmoil at the Supreme Soviet sitting in the Kremlin . |
| 26 | In the event , there were no rallies , but at the Supreme Soviet sitting Mukhammed Solikh , Erk 's chair , handed in his deputy 's mandate , in protest at not having been allowed to speak . |
| 27 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
| 28 | At the first public meeting the Reverend Derek Edwards had said the Social Work Department was out of hand and out of control , and was able to make up its own rules in an arrogant and arbitrary manner . |
| 29 | When the screen is accessed for the first time for any Offline run , the system will position the cursor at the first field requiring an entry . |
| 30 | Yet , when the think-tank was wound up at the first Cabinet meeting after the 1983 general election , not a single minister spoke up in its defence . |