Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 2 | I pawed at the hairy form . |
| 3 | I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger . |
| 4 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 5 | One Christmas Eve I woke at the critical moment , and saw , not Santa Claus , but three familiar figures indulging in heavy horse play at the foot of the bed . |
| 6 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 7 | I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead . |
| 8 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
| 9 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 10 | Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’ |
| 11 | Just then , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 12 | After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 13 | Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street . |
| 14 | Over a hasty meal , I glanced at the Official Guide to County Meath , a gift from the manager . |
| 15 | I glanced at the answering machine in the corner and saw that the red light was glowing . |
| 16 | Once more I glanced at the large flour mill , temporarily closed , despite the addition of a new silvery turbine engine to take the place of water power . |
| 17 | Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door . |
| 18 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 19 | I snarled at the inner voice . |
| 20 | , I was seventeen , I worked at the Flying Horse . |
| 21 | I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that . |
| 22 | And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine . |
| 23 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 24 | I stared at the opposite wall . |
| 25 | I stared at the empty yard where Billingsley 's car had stood . |
| 26 | I stared at the skull-like face , the hollowed cheek bones , the red hair now combed smoothly back from the forehead . |
| 27 | Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear . |
| 28 | I stared at the sitting figure . |
| 29 | when I looked at the front page and he said about two paragraphs |
| 30 | I looked at the tubular lighting in the roof . |