Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It beat at the stonework and screamed about projections . |
| 2 | The job of perceptual systems is to take these fluctuating patterns of activity occurring at the receptors and interpret them in terms of what is going on in the outside world . |
| 3 | The meristems located at the root and shoot apices of the embryo recommence activity following sowing of the seed and persist for most of the life of the plant . |
| 4 | I said , people that knock at the door and say , the taxi 's ready the taxi man does n't come and do it . |
| 5 | In a clever piece of bridgework between the two , the poet is interrupted by an old friend who comes knocking at the door and calling his name . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , I fell on the gravel , severely grazing my knee and , what was worse , ruining one of my two pairs of stockings — nasty rayon objects which sagged at the knees and cost precious clothing coupons . |
| 7 | She winced at the thought and concentrated on the toes of her right foot , those tireless weight-lifters and balancers , dusted with rose-scented powder and snuggled into rainbowed socks and patent leather shoes . |
| 8 | He winced at the sight and drew back as though she had struck him . |
| 9 | Cross the stream until you reach the path you used at the start and retrace your steps to the car park . |
| 10 | Marion Russell stands at the threshold and peeps cautiously round the edge of the door , surveying the arrangement of people and furniture as a thief might case a property for ease of entry and swiftness of escape . |
| 11 | He was tall and thin , a leggy lightweight in a dark-grey suit , with a pleasant , long , cleanshaven face , and short hair greying at the temples and receding slightly from a weathered brown forehead . |
| 12 | But , oddly , snow can be quite comforting on long , steep slopes , especially if the slope widens at the base and does n't culminate in a 100-foot drop over cliffs . |
| 13 | He blinked at Herr Nordern , then peered at the document and began to read aloud , in a hoarse voice : ‘ By Order of the Minister of Justice , I , the Chief of Police of the City of Berlin … ’ |
| 14 | She snatched at the phone and pressed the buttons of her aunt 's number , but there was no reply . |
| 15 | She stitched satin ribbon under the bust , bows at the hips and tied a silk cravate . |
| 16 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 17 | He finishes at the front and brings the machine round to the back lawn where my sister is having her picnic . |
| 18 | He stopped at the Pâtisserie and emerged with an elegant box bearing the insignia of the French Federation of Master Bakers . |
| 19 | Athelstan stopped at the door and looked back . |
| 20 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 21 | He stopped at the door and smiled at her . |
| 22 | On the way , we stopped at the border and went through the immigration and customs formalities , which were very courteous though long , and we were given lunch before getting back on the train ! |
| 23 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 24 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 25 | Eventually he stopped at the window-seat and sat down by Elisabeth : ‘ He says we should ask Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre to act as caretakers of the houses on the usual terms until further notice . |
| 26 | He stopped at the fence and looked down at her seriously . |
| 27 | Johnnie also excelled at the job and adapted at the same rate as his friend . |
| 28 | He goes into a restaurant and he says oh the waiter erm let me see the menu and he looks at the menu and said right , he said . |
| 29 | She looks at the fighters and curses to herself , ‘ Waste , waste , waste . ’ |
| 30 | Do you that a child 's mind works in this way , as he or she looks at the world and finds meaning of in it , and are others who are influenced by their own experiences and by their conclusions of others . |