Example sentences of "at the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't remember everything on it , I 'm not as good at the reading as you . |
| 3 | Charity glanced at the clock as she poured and announced that she 'd missed it , Peregrine asking if it mattered a hoot anyway , the wireless these day being so hopelessly uninformative , with nothing more important to impart than news of patrol activity on the Maginot Line . |
| 4 | He pointed at the clock as Maggie went to her desk and put her bag down . |
| 5 | The easing of compulsion in one part of a school 's obligations meant that those who managed curriculum balance , specific schemes of teaching and school policies of assessment at the primary as well as at the secondary levels grew uncertain about other issues . |
| 6 | You 'd better smarten your ideas up , too , ’ he snarled at the orderly as they left . |
| 7 | The scales are certainly atomic , so we are entitled to regard these charges at the surfaces as having spread out in two dimensions only . |
| 8 | The shock seared through his arm and he grabbed at the bracelet as though trying to tear it from his wrist . |
| 9 | He smiled fondly at the girl as he spoke , and Paulette , who in truth was very pretty , blew him a kiss before lying back on the pillows . |
| 10 | Juliet glanced quickly at the girl as she folded up the stethoscope . |
| 11 | Berowne could n't both have held the razor in his right hand and clutched at the blanket as he fell . |
| 12 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 13 | She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients . |
| 14 | If we look at the tissues as they become increasingly inflamed in , for example , a developing boil , we can see how the cells work together . |
| 15 | She glanced up at him , and looked quickly back at the dishes as various possibilities chased through her mind . |
| 16 | And they have to deposit the first year 's payment at the clinic as soon as they arrive . |
| 17 | Kevin looked at the policeman as he leaned to accept the proffered match which he was shielding with his fingers . |
| 18 | Pascoe was still grinning at the story as he rang the doorbell of Arthur Evans 's house . |
| 19 | At the top as he walked across the plateau , he could see the light from the fire in the main shrine , flickering through the open door and out between the pillars of the veranda . |
| 20 | First , while tighter control over operating units and the exclusion of sub-goals may be achieved , it is not self-evident that the M-form organisation will affect pursuit of divergent objectives at the level of top-management , though Williamson does suggest that formalised goal and capital allocation procedures educe ‘ a profit preference at the top as well ’ . |
| 21 | In addition , all pages contain standard information at the top as follows ( see figure 2.2 ) : |
| 22 | They 're not swimming around , yeah they 're staying at the top as well are n't they ? |
| 23 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |
| 24 | He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six . |
| 25 | Although the damage is estimated at £100,000 , the Association of Ulster Drama Festivals is confident the curtain will rise at the hall as planned . |
| 26 | He stands looking straight at the judge as the clerk reads out his name and that of his co-defendant , Robert Lopez , who is charged with manslaughter and inflicting grievous bodily harm . |
| 27 | that it has reduced over the last year at Thornhill and I do know that we have agreed in our budget for this coming year to put in closed circuit television at all four Park and Ride car parks , which presumably will reduce it at the others as well . |
| 28 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 29 | A French medic was climbing the grassy bank from the sunken road to look at the Officer as I got the prisoners out of the dug-out and back to their previous positions in the hollow . |
| 30 | Do not be tempted to start a harder routine at the beginning as this will almost certainly detract from the potential gains . |