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 . |