Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
| 2 | ( a ) Enter the above items on the Postage Book form provided , total and balance off at the end of the day . |
| 3 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 4 | She takes an exit at random and pulls up at the side of the road to consult her A to Z , but there are no street names visible which would enable her to orient herself . |
| 5 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 6 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 7 | She failed her eleven-plus and ended up at a local secondary modern school , which turned out to be a blessing in disguise . |
| 8 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |
| 9 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 10 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 11 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 12 | Make sure that the ladder you are working on is secure and put up at the correct angle ( 1 metre out for every 4 metres up the wall ) . |
| 13 | The foundry 's most famous loco was the Derwent of 1845 , which worked on the S&DR until the 1860s and soldiered on at a colliery until 1891 . |