Example sentences of "[verb] at [pos pn] left " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ceremonial sword hung at his left side in a gilded scabbard and clusters of beribboned medals and star-pointed orders festooned both sides of his tunic . |
| 2 | He collected and threw it back to the pursuing fielder with an easy gesture-then suddenly clutched at his left side . |
| 3 | His right hand gripped at his left shoulder almost convulsively , then let it go , flinging itself outward in a gesture of despair . |
| 4 | At the front , two high curved windows gave a view of the square garden while at the rear one huge expanse of glass looked out over a stone wall with three niches , each containing a marble statue ; Venus , naked , one hand delicately shielding the mons Veneris , one pointing at her left nipple , a second female figure , half robed and wearing a wreath of flowers and , between them , Apollo with his lyre , laurel-crowned . |
| 5 | He glanced at her left hand . |
| 6 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 7 | Oh , hell , he was staring at her left breast and his eyes were glittering . |
| 8 | Dreamer fell , clutching at his left cheek . |
| 9 | And the sunshine would do him good , she had said , would help with the arthritis that nagged at his left hip joint . |
| 10 | If you had done as I said , and given the keys to the princess , you would now be dressed in silk , sitting at her left hand . |
| 11 | He was gazing at her left cheekbone , though , and absently swatting the air . |
| 12 | And she has promised a reward to whosoever finds the keys : if it is a man , he is to marry the princess and be her husband and true love ; if it is a maiden she will become the princess 's first lady-in-waiting and sit at her left hand . |
| 13 | Looked very dangerous there , he got at his left full back , er the sad thing from Shrewsbury 's point of view is that he keeps getting down that right wing and he keeps getting crosses in . |