Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It beat at the stonework and screamed about projections . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I said , people that knock at the door and say , the taxi 's ready the taxi man does n't come and do it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He winced at the sight and drew back as though she had struck him . |
| 7 | Cross the stream until you reach the path you used at the start and retrace your steps to the car park . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … ’ |
| 11 | She snatched at the phone and pressed the buttons of her aunt 's number , but there was no reply . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He finishes at the front and brings the machine round to the back lawn where my sister is having her picnic . |
| 14 | He stopped at the Pâtisserie and emerged with an elegant box bearing the insignia of the French Federation of Master Bakers . |
| 15 | Athelstan stopped at the door and looked back . |
| 16 | He stopped at the door and stared in for a minute . |
| 17 | He stopped at the door and smiled at her . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They stopped at the foot and stared up at the curtain wall rising above them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He stopped at the fence and looked down at her seriously . |
| 23 | Johnnie also excelled at the job and adapted at the same rate as his friend . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The student looks at the picture and hears a comment ; the student patiently replies , reading his answers aloud . |
| 27 | She sits on my lap , looks at the photograph and tells me her dream . |
| 28 | He was sufficiently troubled by Malcolm 's bouncer to stand frozen at the crease and take it on the helmet , but sufficiently brave to try to hook the inevitable follow-up . |
| 29 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 30 | He thumbs through it , glances at the summary and goes red in the face . |