Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept thinking of her pirouetting , her small face impish , then her eyes filling at the memory of her lost doll . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Fucking landlord , ’ she was saying , her hands grasping at the bulb . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They were both lying on their backs staring at the top of the cavity . |
| 13 | He held her close , one hand at her waist , the other supporting her back , his fingers stroking at the base of her neck , sending delightful shivers , signals of desire , up and down her spine . |
| 14 | He said this last part carefully , his eyes staring at the road ahead . |
| 15 | I landed on Shadwell , who was already on his feet screaming at the technicians . |
| 16 | He died early one morning with our arms around him , and with the ducks quacking on the beach outside and his dogs lying at the foot of his bed . |
| 17 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 18 | for example , the manual labourer is unlikely to take up an energetic hobby such as cycling and he is likely to spend his holidays relaxing at the seaside rather than walking in the mountains . |
| 19 | Quiss could feel himself starting to s " " eat already , despite having left most of his furs lying at the top of the steps he had just descended . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |