Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The mare plunged gallantly at the hillside , but even the long rest in the dark cool wood had not restored her full strength . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Inside were two fairly small square rooms , one each side of the front door , with a roomy kitchen built on at the back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nutty shouted imperiously at the pony , and then encouraged him in a sing-song voice , ‘ Trot on , trot on , one two , one two . ’ |
| 8 | Nails screeched and popped , and the board juddered away at the bottom as something outside slammed against the wood . |
| 9 | As his hands moved slowly from her ankles along the planes of her calves to the rounded contours of her thighs Paige 's heart beat faster at every inch he revealed . |
| 10 | His long hair stopped neatly at the level where it curved most attractively , but his shave was indifferent . |
| 11 | Bernice gazed stupidly at the engineer . |
| 12 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Sylvie gazed out at the eternity of blue and took a long , deep breath . |
| 15 | BBC English plans a revised edition of the BBC English Dictionary every year but first the paperback edition ( itself revised ) , appears this month with the encyclopedic entries listed separately at the back . |
| 16 | Both Pen and Ferdinando rushed in immediately the carriage drew up at the door and wonderful was the reunion ; then within the hour the kindest of notes came from Mrs Browning begging her to find the time and energy to visit whenever she was able . |
| 17 | Bernice peered questioningly at the Doctor . |
| 18 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 19 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 20 | A moment 's thought told him that this system worked only because two-thirds of the expected total of a Yeo Davis partnership came out at an amount well in excess of his salary , or that of any public servant of his age . |
| 21 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 22 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 23 | Candy 's cornflower-blue eyes widened incredulously at the sacrilege . |
| 24 | A light flared briefly at the side of the furthest cart , and then a torch flew through the air over the target . |
| 25 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 26 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 27 | And in the third part , " Tuami glanced back at the gap through the mountain and saw that it was full of golden light and the sun was sitting in it " . |
| 28 | Waking or sleeping his mind fretted away at the case , images drifted in and out of his consciousness , words and phrases came to mind in a confusing jumble but once , in a doze , it seemed that Beryl was actually speaking to him in her clear , cracked voice . |
| 29 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 30 | The Blumenthalstrasse address turned out to be one of the shoeboxes , a five-storey block of flats with the staircase and lift-shaft stuck on at the side of a column of frosted-glass bricks . |