Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 2 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 3 | Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace . |
| 4 | I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel . |
| 5 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 6 | Like someone in a trance , she gazed at the clasp that fastened it at the throat . |
| 7 | I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's . |
| 8 | They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance . |
| 9 | And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin . |
| 10 | Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl . |
| 11 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 12 | As Kopyion walked towards him , Carlson ordered him to stop , aimed his weapon and fired it at the general 's shoulder . |
| 13 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 14 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 15 | She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly . |
| 16 | He crawled out of the trench and joined me at the gun . |
| 17 | Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled . |
| 18 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
| 19 | But as she bent to cuddle them a small boy , brushing down a pony , picked up a lump of mud and hurled it at the dogs to drive them off . |
| 20 | The assistant then ushered them through the doorway behind the counter , removed a sonic transmitter from his pocket and pointed it at the empty bookcase against the opposite wall . |
| 21 | Downstairs she made herself a cup of coffee and carried it out onto the patio and drank it at the table , smoked a loose-rolled sweet Italian cigarette , and watched the coming of the dawn . |
| 22 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 23 | When he got there , he pulled an enormous bell-mouthed gun — I imagine it was a blunder-buss — from his belt and levelled it at the monster . |
| 24 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 25 | When the teenager refused , the man pulled out a knife and brandished it at the youngster . |
| 26 | Willie climbed out of bed and joined him at the window . |
| 27 | Stein came along , smelt the drink , refused to listen to Rough 's explanation , picked up the glass and threw it at the keeper and marched off . |
| 28 | He picked up a book and aimed it at the rat . |
| 29 | He took the grenade from his pocket , unleased the pin and threw it at the base of the double gates . |
| 30 | John found a torch and shone it at the engine cowling . |