Example sentences of "pointed [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fellow pointed down to the corner of the Mercery and Lawrence Street . |
| 2 | Billy pointed down into the valley . |
| 3 | Alexander shook his head , and , raising his hand , pointed down into the darkness . |
| 4 | He pointed over to the ring of trees . |
| 5 | The tines pointed up towards the neck , where blood began to gush out with the flow of the water . ’ |
| 6 | Suddenly Thomas pointed up to the sky . |
| 7 | Keep your elbow pointed up to the ceiling to stretch correctly — notice how the waist is quite clearly defined with this exercise . |
| 8 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 9 | He pointed back to the office block , and Cardiff could see the indistinct blurs of the other faces in reception , looking out . |
| 10 | He pointed back down the road to where his travelling companion was still approaching , having adopted a method of riding that involved falling out of the saddle every few seconds . |
| 11 | The fellow opened his mouth soundlessly and pointed back down the track . |
| 12 | As Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. pointed out during the course of argument , there is a difference between saying that ‘ a person is not a statutory tenant ’ and saying that ‘ a person is not a statutory tenant with all the rights to protection such a tenant can possess . ’ |
| 13 | And there , ’ he pointed out past the Prince , ‘ the sun . ’ |
| 14 | He pointed out into the estuary . |
| 15 | Visual illusions are an excellent illustration , in fact , of the division between a specialized and autonomous mechanism for seeing and the cognitive system which determines whether we should believe what we see , as Helmholtz pointed out over a century ago . |
| 16 | As we pointed out at the beginning of this campaign , the Labour Party proposes nothing less than to pull up Britain by the roots . |
| 17 | But as we pointed out at the beginning of this chapter , the courts are only one of a series– of filters regulating access to the criminal justice and penal processes and , as such , they are also affected by decisions taken elsewhere in the system . |
| 18 | As I pointed out at the beginning of this judgment , the patient 's right of choice exists whether the reasons for making that choice are rational , irrational , unknown or even non-existent . |
| 19 | As I pointed out at the beginning of this chapter , education is on the threshold of a new era , which will have massive repercussions upon the issues of assessment and examination , with some of the proposed developments being viewed with considerably more apprehension than the GCSE was a couple of years ago . |
| 20 | I pointed out at the beginning that the Lindop committee had said that suspicions should be dealt with differently . |
| 21 | An employee of the Ministry of Finances pointed out at the beginning of 1856 that Russia 's lowest social groups were far more heavily taxed than their counterparts in other countries . |
| 22 | However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ . |
| 23 | As the Factory supremo Tony Wilson pointed out at the time , ‘ New Order are leading us into an age of passionate computer music ’ . |
| 24 | No one pointed out at the time that radio , like other media of mass communication , leaves the audience with the choice of looking elsewhere . |
| 25 | As Gandhi pointed out at the time , Munich was a victory for Hitler 's violence , not for pacifist protest . |
| 26 | Philip of Valois 's claim , however , had the virtues of clarity and logic , whereas Edward 's claim , as French lawyers pointed out at the time and French historians have not hesitated to remark since , rested on the unsatisfactory assumption that a woman could transmit a right which she could not exercise . |
| 27 | As environmentalists pointed out at the time of the Shetlands disaster , there is a degree of hypocrisy in expressing outrage at the spillage when such accidents are the price we seem prepared to pay for access to oil . |
| 28 | A disgraceful decision , as I pointed out at the time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And he 'd ruin it , ’ Jenny pointed out with a sigh . |
| 30 | ‘ It belonged to me all the same , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke pointed out with the authority of a monarch claiming a sturgeon . |