Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 2 | Standing at a safe distance , my eyeballs popped at the sight of the rich variety of penises on show , ranging as they did from dainty chipolatas to Bowyer 's jumbo sausages , with a few unfortunate specimens doing impersonations of mummified button mushrooms left for dead at the bottom of a refrigerator . |
| 3 | Erm I would like to remind you of my objectives quoted at the time in th in the quality manual . |
| 4 | Her fingers plucked at the air until Thérèse reached out and held them in her own . |
| 5 | Unfortunately one was having its innards repaired at the time and another gave up the ghost after operating for all of a second . |
| 6 | Ministries of Health throughout the world , however , have been converted , largely under the influence of doctors , into ministries of illness , in which policies aimed at the maintenance of health and the avoidance of illness have been ignored or left to others , with little understanding of their true nature . |
| 7 | GP Rod Houseman , a gynaecology specialist , says some Caesareans are essential , but if women want to avoid one if they can they should make their wishes known at the start of their pregnancy . |
| 8 | The case concerned the tax liability of teachers employed at Malvern College , a fee-paying school , under a concessionary fees scheme which allowed members of the staff of the school to have their sons educated at the school at 20 per cent of the fees charged to the public . |
| 9 | Her eyes widened at the sight of him . |
| 10 | He kept thinking of her pirouetting , her small face impish , then her eyes filling at the memory of her lost doll . |
| 11 | Her eyes rounded at the sight of so much flesh , although she stepped quite boldly into the room . |
| 12 | Her eyes deepen at the memory . |
| 13 | She stretched out her hand to click on the bedside light , checked her watch , then lay back , panic subsiding , her eyes staring at the ceiling while the terrible immediacy of the dream began to fade , recognized for what it was , an old spectre returning after all these years , conjured up by the events of the night and by the reiteration of the word ‘ murder ’ which , since the Whistler had begun Iris work , seemed to murmur sonorously on the very air . |
| 14 | Silas and Matt then set up the barbecue , and Lucy was able to open the two food hampers , her eyes widening at the variety they contained . |
| 15 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
| 16 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 17 | Sweetheart was sitting in her favourite chair with her legs crossed at the knee and a magazine spread out on the table before her . |
| 18 | He was aware only of Eloise sitting next to him , with her legs crossed at the knee , one delicate ankle encircled by a thin gold chain . |
| 19 | The group who face the most difficulty getting adequately trained are women doctors , and they made their voices heard at the conference despite the organisers admitting with startling candour that they had not anticipated that this issue would arise . |
| 20 | The Bank , however , does regularly review its list of banks who are eligible to have their bills rediscounted at the Bank of England and it is arguable that the credit risk of many UK corporates is lower than some of the banks on that list . |
| 21 | But it took her some moments to understand exactly what he was saying , her senses reeling at the warmth of the hard naked chest pressed so closely to her soft breasts , her nostrils savouring the erotic , musky scent of his skin . |
| 22 | The billows of cloud were gleaming as they moved through the rain , and briefly her senses lifted at the sight , but there was no instant consolation there — only , inside a crowded mind , a sudden increase of space . |
| 23 | I jumped up on to my bunk and looked at the others sitting around playing cards , arguing with each other or lying on their beds staring at the ceiling . |
| 24 | The first knockdown shows us how one Rokkaku can bear down on another , its cross-spars pushing at the other 's sail in its vulnerable side where shape is vital . |
| 25 | Her hands slid up , her fingers running along the strong line of his throat to caress the faintly rough skin along his jaw , her fingertips burning at the contact . |
| 26 | As usual , Queen 's have n't their sorrows to seek at the start of a new season while they wait to see who will turn up for the new University term . |
| 27 | A leaflet on the subject of registered building estates ( C 139 ) can be obtained free , in reasonable numbers ( so that copies can be supplied to buyers ' conveyancers ) , from any District Registry , and its terms considered at the inception of any estate development . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , their souls met at the weekend in Rick 's Cafe Americain , where men dressed in crisp linen suits drank bourbon beneath whispering ceiling fans under the watchful eye of a Moroccan inspector of police . |
| 29 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 30 | regular self-assessment , in the form of ‘ hard ’ or ‘ easy ’ faces which pupils circle at the end of each unit , to encourage children to start taking responsibility for their own learning |