Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at the [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber .
2 If you let me know at the meeting and .
3 Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by .
4 Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up .
5 I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way .
6 Now I do n't care what people say : at times I look at the child and I am so happy I ca n't sleep at night .
7 I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ .
8 I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room .
9 For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves .
10 I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something .
11 I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’
12 Behold , I stand at the door and knock : if any man hear my voice , and open the door , I will come in to him Revelation 3 : 20
13 All Church assemblies should perhaps have the motto , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ inscribed above the door to remind them that the Church exists for outsiders not insiders .
14 ‘ One can not say to the Zanaki people along the shores of the sprawling Lake Victoria , ‘ Behold I stand at the door and knock ’ ( Rev. 3:20 ) .
15 Accordingly , in the Zanaki translation it is necessary to say , ‘ Behold , I stand at the door and call ’ ’ ( Nida 1952:46 ) .
16 I stand at the bottom and watch him .
17 A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well .
18 I knocked at the door and was told to enter .
19 I stare at the towel and I am frightened .
20 I started at the Grosvenor and visited about thirty-five before I stopped . ’
21 I pay at the counter and get my change .
22 I stared at the road and was not really surprised by the discovery that I recognized the man in a grey suit crossing with a police-sergeant .
23 I looked at the clock and it was 10.40 .
24 Then I looked at the chassis and registration numbers and realised it was my old car .
25 I looked at the wife and she died of fright .
26 I looked at the posters and the photographs .
27 I looked at the grandmother and she pointed at the baby .
28 and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again
29 I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record , so I thought that I , too , must have run fast .
30 John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ .
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