Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape ! |
| 2 | We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table . |
| 3 | When I write biographies , I sit at a large kitchen table with a wide surface on which books and papers can be laid , essential for checking quotations or references . |
| 4 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 5 | And I suppose he that 's an area where one is worried about quantity and quality because it 's in a way you can always provide more quantity I imagine at a lesser cost by going into a conurbation than you can by going into rural areas . |
| 6 | The fact that we may have no reason to say of someone looking at a blue flower that it looks blue to him does not mean that it does not look blue to him . |
| 7 | For example , if I look at a round globe then the image on my retina will be circular , and there will be no reason to suppose that the idea imprinted in my mind will be anything other than that of a flat circle . |
| 8 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 9 | A substantial amount of information which is necessary and which indeed was asked for by members of your I believe at a previous oral question time erm as to the number that were printed you may be shocked to know that one hundred copies were made which means that the total cost of this , I think you will agree , very worthwhile public information , was four hundred and sixty one pounds and twenty one pence . |
| 10 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 11 | I started at a new school after Easter and this may have something to do with it because it was n't as bad before . |
| 12 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
| 13 | As I sat in front of him , I looked at a poster-sized photo which was on the wall behind him . |
| 14 | It is difficult to say how long this species lives in captivity , but I had an African Snakehead , which I acquired at a similar size to yours , and I kept him or her ( there are no external sex differences ) for 13 years . |
| 15 | ‘ Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked . |
| 16 | ‘ Have I come at a bad time ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's my show gear — I sing at a gay club in town . |
| 18 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 19 | The lower slopes , which descend at a lesser incline to a height of 110 metres , also produce fine wines , although not quite the same exalted standard as the rest of this village . |
| 20 | Also , the amalgamation of unions which occurred at a rapid pace throughout the inter-war years greatly improved the organization and effectiveness of the trade union movement as the years progressed . |
| 21 | One notable effect the alternative social format contained lay in the assault upon the senses which occurred at a pragmatic level . |
| 22 | The Select Committee 's examination of the four options which looks at a wide range of technical , economic , social and environmental factors and recommends the government to choose the Channel Tunnel Group proposal . |
| 23 | ‘ MEETING JESUS ’ by Leighton Ford contains 13 studies each of which looks at a different aspect of who Jesus is . |
| 24 | He found himself walking at a steady pace towards those meaty shoulders . |
| 25 | An operant is a piece of behaviour which has a spontaneous nature which occurs at a predetermined frequency . |
| 26 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 27 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 28 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 29 | Corporate audits , which look at a complete business and measure it against legislation and company environmental policy . |
| 30 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |