Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 2 | UN flies bodies home THE BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen were flown home to Pakistan yesterday as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days ’ . |
| 3 | BODIES of 23 peacekeepers shot in weekend battles with Somali gunmen in Mogadishu were flown home to Pakistan as the UN honed plans to hit back at the killers ‘ within days . ’ |
| 4 | But on this day , an unusually cloudless Sunday late in October , I had travelled from Cornwall ; the train was two hours late , and I rushed , humping my case , past the mute crowds gazing up at the information board , towards the taxi rank . |
| 5 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 6 | The wind was blowing hard at the Highlanders ' faces , according to the literature given out at the Culloden Visitors ' Centre , and the two armies were in position at one o'clock , approximately four to five hundred yards apart . |
| 7 | Ingrid Heseltine , an EC civil servant , found the vacancies tucked away at the back of Euro documents , printed in French . |
| 8 | Friends and colleagues past and present got together at the Brunswick Arms in Stamford Street to give him a big send off . |
| 9 | Earlier she had listened intently as a statement by Cheshires commanding officer Lt Col Bob Stewart read out at the hearing told how L/Cpl Edwards ' killer had not been traced . |
| 10 | Do n't these people realise that dozens of reviewers are likely to spend several hours gazing blankly at the album sleeve as they try to come up with some natty simile to describe the musical contents therein ? |
| 11 | Preston and London East are already there ( CONGRATULATIONS ! ) and I know you have all been working hard to ensure the National Assessment goes well at the end of November . |
| 12 | The mare plunged gallantly at the hillside , but even the long rest in the dark cool wood had not restored her full strength . |
| 13 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 14 | On the 20th of March Katherine and Beatrice dined together at the Closerie des Lilas . |
| 15 | The princess , in a royal purple suit-dress , pushed on in front to sign the visitors ' book while the prince wandered off at the end , leaving his wife in his wake . |
| 16 | Inside were two fairly small square rooms , one each side of the front door , with a roomy kitchen built on at the back . |
| 17 | Adomnan recalls in his biography of Columba , written a century after the saint 's death , that one day the monks became aware of a strange presence in one of their pastures ; this experience occurred again at the same time every evening . |
| 18 | Ushered in at last , passing through a spotless surgery agleam with modern equipment , and offered seats in an equally efficient-looking office , Sophie 's heart jerked suddenly at the sight of the man who was holding out his hand . |
| 19 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 20 | Nails screeched and popped , and the board juddered away at the bottom as something outside slammed against the wood . |
| 21 | All the pubs and clubs empty out at the same time . |
| 22 | His long hair stopped neatly at the level where it curved most attractively , but his shave was indifferent . |
| 23 | She was looking particularly uncompromising today , tired and pale , her dark , short hair spiking up at the back . |
| 24 | Iain looked up when Andrew came in but quickly returned his attention to the screen when he heard the volley of shots and his lips parted slightly at the crescendo of violence and glamour . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's my fault , ’ he said later when she was sitting up , her eyes gazing blankly at the opposite wall . |
| 26 | It was just before midnight and she was out on the terrace , staring out only half seeingly at the star-spangled horizon , when she heard the sound of a car drawing up at the front of the house . |
| 27 | Bernice gazed stupidly at the engineer . |
| 28 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never eaten them , ’ Richard gazed up at the man , his clear chestnut eyes , starry with their thick lashes , open wide as he judged the amount of pathos necessary to achieve his aim . |
| 30 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |