Example sentences of "[pron] pointed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection . |
| 2 | The old woman came and silently cleared away , without once looking at me , even when I pointed at the few cakes left and praised them in my stilted Greek ; the hermit master evidently liked silent servants . |
| 3 | I pointed at the car . |
| 4 | ‘ How tactless of me , ’ she said to herself , and to cover up the awkwardness she felt she pointed at the statue . |
| 5 | She pointed at the crepe paper and told Jack it was another bad omen , but he only scoffed at her superstitions and went upstairs to collect his belongings . |
| 6 | She pointed at the poster announcing the public hangings . |
| 7 | ‘ I looked at the grandmother and she pointed at the baby . |
| 8 | She pointed at the minutely-decorated walls . |
| 9 | She pointed at the Cell . |
| 10 | She pointed at the toilet rolls . |
| 11 | She pointed at the spring . |
| 12 | She pointed at the park to stress the word . |
| 13 | ‘ The guards , they showed the paper to me and they pointed at the photograph and said : ‘ He is with us ’ . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ East Anglia is one layer of clothes colder than the south , ’ remarked Davyd who was getting out of his car , ‘ but look — ’ he pointed at the sky — and there was a rainbow — that magic circumference of the world . |
| 15 | He pointed at the top of his basket . |
| 16 | He blew his inquisitive nose on a large handkerchief and produced a notebook and pencil which he pointed at the butcher . |
| 17 | ‘ You mun stand on the table and sing for us or the Choppers will black-ball you sir , damned if they wilna' … ’ he pointed at the board . |
| 18 | He pointed at the deck between his legs and she scrabbled over on her haunches to sit there partially protected . |
| 19 | He pointed at the camera . |
| 20 | He pointed at the table and the waiter nodded . |
| 21 | There are yours , ’ and he pointed at the papers and my escape equipment on the table . |
| 22 | He pointed at the drunk . |
| 23 | He pointed at the green pips on the box . |
| 24 | He pointed at the two sheet-wrapped packages . |
| 25 | He pointed at the priest . |
| 26 | He pointed at the boys in thrall to the film . |
| 27 | He pointed at the cigarette . |
| 28 | He pointed at the house and ordered them to go towards it , which they obediently did . |
| 29 | Then , turning it over , he pointed at the miniature bracelets he had fixed to its ankles . |
| 30 | He pointed at the red lines on the map , which meant little to her . |