Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eyes that tilt slightly at the corner . |
| 2 | Not totally sure she actually wanted to illuminate what she already knew she was going to find , she snapped down the switch and stared disagreeably at the glistening drops that plopped relentlessly on to the dresser . |
| 3 | She sat up in bed , rubbed the sleep from her eyes and blew irritably at a hanging strand of her hair . |
| 4 | He screwed up his eyes and stared unseeingly at the calendar on the further wall . |
| 5 | Lambert opened his eyes and looked bleakly at the map . |
| 6 | Priced at about £20,000 and aimed mainly at the American market , the expedition promises not only the now commonplace deluxe basecamp and satellite telephone links , but a 24-hours service , complete with VDE , providing constant information about share price movements on Wall Street . |
| 7 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |
| 8 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh ! ’ he said , stopping the car and looking hurriedly at a map . |
| 10 | He held up his forefinger and looked questioningly at the District Chief . |
| 11 | I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea . |
| 12 | He shrugged his shoulders and looked dumbly at the grain on the wooden table . |
| 13 | At crucial moments , they froze in mid-stride and stared anxiously at the ground , their radios pressed to their ears . |
| 14 | That she still believed in Allah and prayed regularly at the nearby mosque . |
| 15 | He stopped his horse and looked across at the friar . |
| 16 | The monk licked his lips and looked sideways at the Bishop . |
| 17 | lonnbergii , dominican gulls Larus dominicanus , blue-eyed cormorants Phalacrocorax atriceps , and a wider selection of petrels that breed both at the surface and in cavities among scree . |
| 18 | In the narrow field that sloped upwards at the back between scrubby thickets Donald 's rake lay with its teeth in a swathe . |
| 19 | The research seeks to assess how much of the business guaranteed by government export credit agencies would be declined by the private sector or accepted only at a higher price . |
| 20 | Continue to beautiful Lake Powell and stay overnight at the Holiday Inn or similar . |
| 21 | Lord John Rossendale , elegantly handsome in white breeches and silk stockings , black dancing shoes , and a gold-frogged cutaway coat with a tall blue collar and twin epaulettes of gold chain , stood at the bedroom 's window and stared moodily at the Brussels rooftops . |
| 22 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 23 | He settled by the window and stared across at the red brick Communist club beyond the budding trees . |
| 24 | Head south and turn left at the point where you see a track on the right to North Appleford . |
| 25 | She paused in applying her make-up and stared reflectively at the mirror . |
| 26 | We believe the special nature of this case suggests the decision should be taken out of the hands of the borough council and examined dispassionately at a public inquiry . |
| 27 | I was living at home and working well at the Co-op in Hammersmith , dealing with ledger sales , counting the cash , keeping it flowing . |
| 28 | Benin moved to the writing desk and stared absently at the framed family photograph then turned back to Werner . |
| 29 | He sat on the top of the large expanse of teak desk and stared coldly at the men who had made it to the top of one of the biggest corporations in the world , employing nearly one million people . |
| 30 | With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter . |