Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , just before 2 p.m. , a small delegation arrived at the Elephant and Castle seeking clarification of what would be on offer . |
| 2 | Dot looked at the doll and thought of its lost companion with a face of dripping wax . |
| 3 | ‘ I only hope and pray it does n't do too much damage , ’ he said , and jumped as they all heard a high-pitched , deafening roar which shook the house , followed by the sound of wood splitting as the wind tore at the planks and ripped the front door off its hinges . |
| 4 | Then she had the severest strain put on the control of her newly awakened ear-boxing predilection when his mouth twitched at the corners and it seemed , for a moment , that her sarcasm had amused him . |
| 5 | But the Venezuelan turned at the door and ordered us to come downstairs and drink with them . |
| 6 | The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak , afraid to face the voice , terrified at the prospect of looking upon the Almighty . |
| 7 | She was in Australia at the time and her then husband looked at the picture and said , ‘ Oh , he 's a poof . ’ |
| 8 | Charity looked at the skirt and blouse her cousin was holding . |
| 9 | Once occupied and having been carried to its destination , the coffin opened at the bottom and the occupant was dropped into the grave . |
| 10 | A blackshawled French woman appeared at the window and rapped on it . |
| 11 | Great Missenden time ! ’ the man bellowed at the doorkeeper and pointed to his watch . |
| 12 | On occasions when he is developing thought about contemplative prayer as an experience where man feels his faculties of reason and will to be at rest , informed by a loving knowledge of God , or about this experience both restoring what man lost at the Fall and anticipating the life to come , he acknowledges that he has outstripped the immediate needs of his particular audience : " has no fully seen what it is , for is opened " ( 46.319a. – 119 ) . |
| 13 | The man smiled at the girl and must have passed some friendly remark , for she looked at him agreeably before returning to her inspection of the petticoats . |
| 14 | As he waved the weapon the alsatian leapt at the man and bit his hand . |
| 15 | Inquiry ‘ The doctor looked at the bottle and rushed him straight to hospital . ’ |
| 16 | The friar glared at the congregation but they all knelt , heads wisely bowed to hide their grins . |
| 17 | The Abyssinian maid groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 18 | In 1967–68 , the Council 's Training Panel looked at the problems and set up two sub-committees to be concerned with the practical training element of sandwich courses in arts and social studies , and in science and technology . |
| 19 | The minister stood at the door and shook the hand of each member of his congregation , with a kindly word for each boy and girl . |
| 20 | Mum sat at the table and pushed the grey hair back from her eyes . |
| 21 | The terrifying blast erupted at the Hickson and Welch chemical works near Castleford rugby league ground at 1.20pm yesterday . |
| 22 | Tony and his mother arrived at the farmhouse and walked through the farmyard . |
| 23 | They gave him his first meal , of bread for the body and purifying salt for the immortal soul , and cheered as his tiny red face puckered at the taste and he yelled lustily . |
| 24 | Bunny stood at the window and stared wearily down into the lamp-lit street . |
| 25 | After staring at it for a minute the client pointed at the picture and exclaimed angrily , " I do n't like that bean . " |