Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once away from the railhead , however , the army was back in the age of Napoleon and moved at the pace of horse and man . |
| 2 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 3 | That would be a little bit of a problem for Frank Clarke if er Cooper has got a problem with his shoulder you know if it 's if it 's serious because looking at his people on his bench you know Neil Webb and Crosby and looking at the make-up of his team he has n't really got anybody he could slot back in there unless he put er Rozario in there . |
| 4 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 5 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |
| 6 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 7 | This violent thoroughfare , with its fumes , speed and bandits at the traffic lights , is like a medieval allegory of the pathway to hell . |
| 8 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 9 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 10 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 11 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 12 | Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs . |
| 13 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 14 | This request was important in that it forced the staff involved in Guidance to review the programme and look at the students ' experiences in totality . |
| 15 | These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head . |
| 16 | In fact , one piece of wood makes up the side of the guitar , all the way from the endpin , round the left-hand side , behind the neck and ending at the point of the cutaway . |
| 17 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 18 | Dönitz adjusted his glasses , took the first sheet of paper from the file , opened his mouth and bawled at the microphone as though it was the furthest sailor on the longest parade ground in the Third Reich . |
| 19 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 20 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
| 21 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 22 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 23 | ‘ Feel the weight and look at the thickness , that is a good clue to how strong it will be . |
| 24 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 25 | This stage version was directed in Britain by Sir Tyrone Guthrie and performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in London in 1954 . |
| 26 | The old English folksong demonstrates that they could often be sinister in their intent , waylaying passers-by and snatching at the wind with skinny , white hands : |
| 27 | Okay well it will be interesting to see what er what other people have , have said about it because I was sort of fishing around a bit in the dark and looking at the stats manual |
| 28 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 29 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 30 | In 1880 he became a deacon of the Episcopal Church in Scotland ; in 1881 he was ordained priest and served at the church of St John the Evangelist , Edinburgh . |