Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memory of the towers ' electro-sticks back at Mars-U made her fingers fumble at the keys . |
| 2 | Associated with it is a pair of snakes , their heads directed at the armpits . |
| 3 | For a moment her eyes blurred at the memories of happy days , days of innocence . |
| 4 | Below us rows of lads have put their winklepickers up on the backs of the seats , their feet crossed at the ankles , perching like a flock of shiny blackbirds with pointed wings . |
| 5 | This is how the growing tribe of American Indian fanatics like to let their feathers fly at the weekends . |
| 6 | She hated the way her skirts strained at the seams , the way her thighs lolled on her chair , rubbed together when she walked . |
| 7 | Her oerlikons blazed at the batteries on the harbour wall as Bill Copland calmly marshalled the assault parties . |
| 8 | Under ordinary border conditions they often become stunted and their leaves burned at the edges because they are too dry , so the only place in which they can be grown properly is a bog garden . |
| 9 | The Queen remains a remote figure , glacial and impenetrable except when caught by the press cameras watching one of her horses winning at the races . |
| 10 | The final show in the Inspirals ' foray into Finland takes place under clouded skies , on an enormo stage , in front of a field of fully of happily drunk hippy kids who , when they walk on stage , appear to be principally interested in fighting each other , or lying on their backs staring at the clouds . |
| 11 | Ah , the daiquiri bird which incubates its eggs on the wing ; ah , the fredonna tree whose roots grow at the tips of its branches , and whose fibres assist the hunchback to impregnate by telepathy the haughty wife of the hacienda owner ; ah , the opera house now overgrown by jungle . |
| 12 | Robyn could smell the freshness of his cologne , see the way his eyes crinkled at the corners , notice for the first time the thickness of his lashes , the way his ebony hair would curl if allowed to grow long . |
| 13 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 14 | His lips quirked at the corners in ill-disguised amusement . |
| 15 | His lips quirked at the corners . |
| 16 | I landed on Shadwell , who was already on his feet screaming at the technicians . |
| 17 | The Prince muttered , ‘ Bless you , ’ then stood in his stirrups to gaze at the Lancers through a telescope . |
| 18 | An official report by the National Human Rights Commission accused Morán of ignoring repeated requests from the local federal police to stop his soldiers firing at the agents who were trying to intercept an aircraft later discovered to be carrying some 360 kg of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico . |
| 19 | Which the authorities could not understand , because everyone knew that at lunchtime Mr Wolski always went down to the benches by the Cages and ate his sandwiches looking at the eagles . |
| 20 | Your eyes look at the instruments and the instruments tell you you 're fine , you 're flying level . |