Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1991 , the Board looked at the responses to this consultation and used the views of respondents to help shape our new Quality Framework and the development programme which will help to put it in place — the Quality Development Programme — QDP . |
| 2 | The liftmaster looked at the others questioningly . |
| 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 | As the train rocketed to Oxford , the Queen gazed at the floods just like her paid-up fellow-passengers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Coroner looked at the police officers who sat just in front of the Foreign Office representatives . |
| 7 | The room lurked at the edges of her vision — chintz , pictures of woodland or roses , that paperknife . |
| 8 | Somebody crossed in from the right , Lukic blocked a shot from Sheron , but the ball fell at the feet of Flitcroft who could n't really miss . |
| 9 | The top section of the mast snapped at the crosstrees as if it were less substantial than a toothpick . |
| 10 | The waitress looked at the marks on my face and at Stok 's uniform . |
| 11 | The act of pulling the rickshaw tugged at the stitches in my armpit , the only reminder that I was a ‘ sick woman ’ ( God , but you 're a trooper ) , and the show went well . |
| 12 | The woman looked at the graves as though she would like to open them . |
| 13 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 14 | He gave his book to Commander Zadak and the Commander looked at the numbers . |
| 15 | A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth . |
| 16 | The hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Buchanan 's mouth , a cynical smile . |
| 17 | A POLICEMAN beaten and stabbed to death when he was called to a disturbance died at the hands of a brutal generation with no concept of right or wrong , a close friend said at his funeral yesterday . |