Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever they came to meetings at the department they sat at opposite ends of the table . |
| 2 | For a second they glared at each other . |
| 3 | For a moment they stared at each other — and , though the anger and hostility in the room were almost visible , the memory of that long-ago day hung in the air between them . |
| 4 | For a moment they stared at each other , while the klaxon remorselessly threw out a yard and a half of raucousness every two seconds . |
| 5 | He turned to look at her again , and for a long moment they stared at each other , irreconcilable strangers either side of a barrier ; and yet Sara had the odd feeling that some part of her longed to understand Matthew Preston , to agree with him , to acquiesce in his decisions . |
| 6 | For a long moment they stared at each other and it was as if the body language they had shared in the pool had ceased to be a game and the strained politeness of the last week had never been . |
| 7 | Sophie looked aghast and for a moment they stared at each other . |
| 8 | Then for another moment they looked at each other . |
| 9 | For a moment they looked at each other square in the eye . |
| 10 | For a moment they looked at each other , and then they were in each other 's arms again . |
| 11 | For a moment they looked at each other in the penetrating light of early morning . |
| 12 | I mean , how the hell they supposed at eighteen year old without a job . |
| 13 | By imperial unification they meant at this time a federal union of Britain and the white dominions , a scheme differing little in its essentials from other schemes of imperial union which had occupied the minds of the British political classes from time to time during the latter part of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | As viewers of this scene we could also have deduced something about the relationship between John and Mary from the way they were sitting together and the way they looked at each other . |
| 15 | Last year was the first time they played at that level , while Scotland , England and Wales have been involved in ‘ international friendlies ’ for a number of years . |