Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 2 | He kicked gently and rose at an angle towards the ceiling . |
| 3 | A woman walked in and sat at the middle of the counter — Maxim had chosen the furthest end . |
| 4 | I was in charge of weekly wages and organized shifts and hours , as well as keeping a check on the quantities of tomatoes brought in and weighed at the entrance of the factory . |
| 5 | Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below . |
| 6 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 7 | He lunched at a pub on the way down and arrived at the Incident Room shortly before two . |
| 8 | He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw . |
| 9 | They attended an opera together and flirted at a ball . |
| 10 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 11 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 12 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 13 | He took his hand away and looked at the smear of red blood on his fingers . |
| 14 | Their twelve-year-old son had crept downstairs and listened at the door . |
| 15 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 16 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
| 17 | Walterkin grinned widely and stared at the ground as he strode along . |
| 18 | She turned slowly and looked at the figure in the chair . |
| 19 | The girl laced her fingers together nervously and looked at the floor . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table . |
| 21 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 22 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the dark , hunched buildings at the side of the road . |
| 23 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 24 | She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip . |
| 25 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 26 | Someone had left a copy of the evening paper beside him , and he picked it up and glanced at the headline . |
| 27 | At last she looked up and smiled at the cat 's owner . |
| 28 | Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature . |
| 29 | His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head . |
| 30 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |