Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 2 | Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights . |
| 3 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 4 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 5 | Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age . |
| 6 | In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages . |
| 7 | ‘ When travelling in the country , you sense an enormous fear and anger at the present reforms ; in well-healed suburbs , there is approval of the reforms but still a great fear of the random violence they have released . ’ |
| 8 | Despite the lines of exhaustion bracketing his mouth and etched at the outer corners of his eyes , his gaze gleamed dangerously . |
| 9 | At the end of each row was the monitor who marked the attendance which , if regular , entitled you to a Prize at the end of the year , a book chosen from a list by the recipient and presented at the Annual Service on Low Sunday . |
| 10 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 11 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 12 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 13 | All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky . |
| 14 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 15 | ‘ She could write a little essay on any subject , exactly a slate long , beginning at the left-hand top of one side and ending at the right-hand bottom of the other , and the essay should be strictly according to rule . ’ |
| 16 | As the sea flooded around them , the boy grabbed an axe and hacked at the slithery tentacles . |
| 17 | ‘ Come and have a drink , ’ said Cormack , and they moved into the bar and sat at the fixed tables and watched the glasses slide from rim to rim . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 19 | The right to elect members on to the Executive Committee and to vote at the Annual General Meeting |
| 20 | Optionally , fragments could be transcytosed across the enterocyte and presented at the basolateral membrane for immunocompetent cells , maybe initiating a pathological response in coeliac patients . |
| 21 | They begin at one end of the hall and finish at the other end , the North American steadily retreating , the South American relentlessly advancing . |
| 22 | He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1797 , but left without a degree and studied at the theological college of the associated synod in Selkirk , under George Lawson [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | But regarding wages and hours they were all taken by the executive council and debated at the national joint committee with the employers . |
| 24 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 25 | He advertised for sale a watch and ring at the total price of £5,950 . |
| 26 | Remembering what Garvey had said about comforting the sick dame , Gabriel leapt to the end of the play and snatched at the only words that seemed the right ones for these poor corpses , these walking dead : |
| 27 | The 20th anniversary of the launch of charity United Response took place amid much champagne and canapés at the Imperial War Museum , hosted by its president Martyn Lewis ( he of the BBC 's Nine O'Clock News fame ) . |
| 28 | Thus when carnal and financial imagery in the tale finally merge in the puns taille and taillynge at the very end , it is an emblem of how much deeper the " " bretherhede " " and " " cosynage " " runs that the monk and the merchant imagine exists between them in the form of play , or as a polite figure of speech , and how concrete it is . |
| 29 | The cabby made a squealing noise and clutched at the ragged edges of the wound as if trying to hold it together , to prevent the blood pouring through his hands . |
| 30 | Professor John Ashworth , vice-chairman of the committee of vice-chancellors and principals ( CVCP ) , also urged Mr MacGregor to use ‘ a heaven-sent opportunity to go back to the drawing board and look at the entire issue of how students are supported — grants , loans and fees . ’ |