Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the [adj] [noun] " 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 shouted at the unfortunate Harry .
4 Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls .
5 I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 That handjob I scored at the Happy Isles-I tell you , She-She was giving it away .
9 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 .
10 I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead .
11 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 .
12 When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch .
13 Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’
14 Just then , someone knocked at the front door .
15 After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door .
16 Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street .
17 Over a hasty meal , I glanced at the Official Guide to County Meath , a gift from the manager .
18 I glanced at the answering machine in the corner and saw that the red light was glowing .
19 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 .
20 Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door .
21 He said I waved at the poor man like a loony .
22 I snarled at the inner voice .
23 , I was seventeen , I worked at the Flying Horse .
24 I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that .
25 And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine .
26 But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me .
27 I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree .
28 I stared at the opposite wall .
29 I stared at the empty yard where Billingsley 's car had stood .
30 I stared at the skull-like face , the hollowed cheek bones , the red hair now combed smoothly back from the forehead .
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