Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 2 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 3 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 4 | He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle . |
| 5 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 6 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 7 | Corbett spun round quickly and stared at the cowled , shadowy figure before him . |
| 8 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 9 | Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread . |
| 10 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 11 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 12 | The Archon ignored him , stood up and shouted at the disappearing figure . |
| 13 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 14 | Mobuto inhaled sharply and glanced at the massive bodyguard who was hovering in the background . |
| 15 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 16 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 17 | He crossed the floor silently and listened at the closed door . |
| 18 | He stepped forward and retreated at the little garden gate as though rebuffed by some force field or buffeted by some invisible gale which had no effect on the branches of the little trees and evergreens in the front gardens of the cottages . |
| 19 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
| 20 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |