Example sentences of "and laugh at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as " every clerk 's " unanimity of opinion directs the laughter of " " every wight " " at the end of the Miller 's Tale ( 3847 – 9 ) , the text of the Reeve 's Tale brings its readers to view and laugh at the miller and his family through the clerks ' perceptions , their attitudes and their frame of reference : We may particularly note , for instance , how the incongruous " " par compaignye " " that Nicholas and Alison put in the mouth of the unfortunate John recurs in this urbane rendering of the family 's vulgar cacophany , and how the somewhat different " " melodye " " recalls the " " revel " " and the " " melodye " " that Alison and Nicholas enjoy . |
| 2 | He sits on a very smoky-looking cloud and he laughs and laughs at the sight of copulation . |
| 3 | Eventually she 'll learn that you are powerless and laughs at the smacks |
| 4 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 5 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 6 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 7 | For here his father was , sitting down beside him , hugging and kissing him , taking his hand again and laughing at the silly terrors his little game had aroused in his son . |
| 8 | She with , it 's true , Janey 's help , cooked , served , washed up , cleaned , drove us here , there and everywhere , the doctor , school , the dentist , up to London for nerve-racking bouts of clothes shopping , she had the Nigels to stay , and laughed at the J ills at the garage and I 'd 've died if she 'd found out about Paul . |
| 9 | He was aware of the controversial scene which had to be cut from the trailer and laughed at the problems it caused in the UK . |
| 10 | She laughed and laughed at The Merry Wives of Windsor . |
| 11 | She lay on her back and laughed at the sky . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps this will explain , ’ Dana whipped off her hat and laughed at the look on their faces . |
| 13 | She shuddered as the switchback roared overhead , but stood watching as a small train meandered through a series of paths , and laughed at the joyful screams of the children on the dodgems . |
| 14 | Rory talked fast and funnily , told them of the rat they 'd found in the caravan when they 'd come to it , recounted the horrors of a little restaurant in Buncrana where they 'd eaten the night before , and laughed at the way he and Mallachy had sailed past the beach a thousand times before deciding to boldly ask them for a drink . |
| 15 | He threw back his head and laughed at the grey , lonely skies . |
| 16 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 17 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 18 | ‘ And we 'll come back to this room some day and laugh at the days when we all thought it would be so dreadful . ’ |
| 19 | Or stretch her limbs and laugh at the careworn ways of her elders ? |
| 20 | At some stage it will be possible again to enjoy memories and to laugh at the fun we shared . |
| 21 | And the second man who pursued me did so to gain a large fortune , to spend on his long-term mistress and their children , and to laugh at the silly girl and her father who gave it to him . |