Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler . |
| 32 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 33 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 34 | They both knelt on the carpet and peered at the large magazine , turning the pages . |
| 35 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 36 | Finally the iron pin would be attached to the hinge fitting , pointed at the catch-plate and coiled at the other end to form a spring hinge . |
| 37 | He sat and thought somberly about Kegan , keeping his chin tucked into his neck and his eyes on the toes of his outstretched feet , as people clutching clipboards bustled about , and men wearing earphones and pulling the attached wires behind them moved importantly from place to place and shouted at the invisible listeners who spoke to them through the earphones . |
| 38 | The Archon ignored him , stood up and shouted at the disappearing figure . |
| 39 | He took the wheel after that and drove at a furious speed back to San José , where he turned right on to the Pan-Am . |
| 40 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 41 | ‘ No , your Grace , for when he mustered what force he had left and drove at the Welsh knights , he could both ride and fight , and so did , and well . |
| 42 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 43 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 44 | I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’ |
| 45 | Petion saw her go from the corner of his eye , and fired at the crouching figures on the freighter 's deck with grim determination . |
| 46 | Delaney shook Lawton by the hand , and nodded at the other faces , regarding them levelly . |
| 47 | In 1984 , radio astronomers from Columbia University identified electro-magnetic vortices in our Milky Way and arrived at a similar conclusion to the theories of Alfven and Perratt . |
| 48 | She was kept in training as a five-year-old with her main target the Ascot Gold Cup , and arrived at the Royal meeting unbeaten in her two earlier races that season : never much of a betting proposition once her ability became apparent , Pretty Polly started at 1000–35 on in the March Stakes at Newmarket and at 11–2 on in the Coronation Cup at Epsom ( despite the presence in the latter of the 1904 Derby winner St Amant ) . |
| 49 | The side corridor ran along the length of these three rooms , and opened at the other end of the car into a comfortable lounge , with settee , three armchairs , and tables . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | ‘ He trusted no one , ’ she said with sudden muted violence , and paled at the bitter sound of her own voice . |
| 52 | We turned on a pre-arranged course and climbed at a predetermined rate of feed per minute at a certain airspeed . |
| 53 | As he headed for the sanctuary of the dressing-room , accompanied by armed soldiers , the home fans spat , threw coins and jeered at the tiny Scot . |
| 54 | He held his breath and sniffed at the dead man 's lips . |
| 55 | Less compromising are Brideshead-style ‘ bags ’ : cream-spotted navy , with an elasticated waist in Donna Karan 's DKNY collection ; navy silky viscose and cuffed at the 11-inch ankle in C'Est Comme Ca . |
| 56 | With a rush of glee , he lifted a fallen machete and swung at the nearest Secte Rouge , biting deep into his side . |
| 57 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
| 58 | He turned right and went half-way along the corridor and knocked at the fourth door . |
| 59 | Riven held his reins in one hand and jabbed at the snarling grypesh with the other as they darted into his reach . |
| 60 | He turned towards the map and jabbed at the red-ringed area . |