Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb past] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A woman walked in and sat at the middle of the counter — Maxim had chosen the furthest end .
2 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 .
3 Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below .
4 Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled .
5 He lunched at a pub on the way down and arrived at the Incident Room shortly before two .
6 He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw .
7 He turned over and stared at the sky .
8 She tipped her head up and looked at the sky , biting her lip .
9 He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder .
10 Someone had left a copy of the evening paper beside him , and he picked it up and glanced at the headline .
11 At last she looked up and smiled at the cat 's owner .
12 Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature .
13 His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head .
14 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 .
15 He got out and knocked at a window .
16 Her mother came out and stood at the gate waving until Caro had walked out of sight , and Caro had to force herself not to run to escape that imploring cloying gaze .
17 He leaned back and stared at the window .
18 Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling .
19 ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds .
20 Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit .
21 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification .
22 I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk .
23 His bleary eyes filled with tears but he tilted his head back and glared at the top of the tent .
24 I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it .
25 Dong took one last look back and shuddered at the sight of the disembodied foot poking from the red jungle earth .
26 Finlayson walked around and looked at the damage from the other side .
27 He turned round and looked at the sea of faces .
28 you 've used a triangular bandage to cover a wound in the scalp , it 's not a chopping block wound right , it 's not the chopper in its wound right , it 's just a minor wound in the scalp , yes , and that came round and tied at the front , tucked at the back , you used these roller bandages to cover a graze or a wound on the end of an elbow or a knee or the hand , foot and then a straight one up the arm okay , so a lot of your bandaging is using these little roller bandages with the lint pad and do n't forget when you get into the exam do it , do n't do it the wrong way round , remember that you look at your bandage and you put the lint onto the wound , not the other way round right , yeah , you put the lint face down onto the wound , okay ?
29 Then on another shot , he had a POW on the drill , who turned round and waved at the camera crew , so that was scrubbed out and done again .
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