Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Because they have been treated more as adults here , the contrast between this and ordinary school makes it sometimes difficult for them to return and adapt to being treated as children again , so it is obviously preferable for them to continue on at the unit .
2 They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner .
3 ‘ Any more than it 's possible for me to work up at the college with all those strapping lads running round in jockey shorts and have no reaction whatsoever . ’
4 He said , said you were just standing there and all of a sudden he said you looked at me looked back at the wall just went pee he said it 's all come out , it 's all splattered all over the wall he said , you did your fly up , wiped your mouth , washed your hands and went out again as if nothing had happened .
5 A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge .
6 She used the cry of her voice to draw them to her , allowing them first to fly away and then encouraging them to swoop back at the height of their arc of flight .
7 As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky .
8 I gazed up at the building .
9 I gazed down at the reclining form .
10 From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst .
11 Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait .
12 I was not Boat Race standard , but I got by at the level of intercollege competition .
13 Yes , I stopped off at the
14 I expect I woke up at the wrong time .
15 I woke up at the part where he was telling me it had been a mindless fling , and I should n't get upset over it .
16 My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees .
17 It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through
18 As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre .
19 I look around at the milling people , imagining we 'll be split up into smaller groups and led through the blank doors to sit in armchairs and watch a TV set on some kind of plinth .
20 Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images .
21 I look over at the changing room .
22 I look over at the posters on the wall .
23 It 's as if he still lives there , so when I go past I look up at the window I 'd put him in .
24 I look up at the windows .
25 But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid .
26 I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about .
27 I look back at the door .
28 He was a ‘ chest case ’ for years and when I look back at the photographs of him he 's always trying to look normal but actually his face is pained from trying to breathe .
29 When I look back at the photographs I think And even when it was long I had , there was one hairdresser there called Paul , whom I 'd go and see regularly .
30 I look down at the map of the estate .
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