Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auguste 's eyes misted at the sound and sight of the lovely Araminta , Multhrop 's eighteen-year-old daughter , rustling down the staircase in a delightful froufrou of petticoats , her large blue eyes fixed on her father , but well aware of every male in sight . |
| 2 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
| 3 | When the specimen was loaded in a testing machine the edges were stressed as much as the middle and so cracks started at the edges and spread inwards across the material in the usual way . |
| 4 | She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors and carried down to a panelled cabin where she and Maria Candida were to live during the voyage ; and when she had been helped out of her clothes and into simpler garments that were more suited to life on board ship , she insisted upon going on deck to watch from the aftercastle as the mariners sang at the capstan and the anchors were weighed . |
| 5 | In the Kensington exchange a group of Telecom engineers and police officers stared at the monitors and listened to the rage coming down the line ; at Cork Street , beneath the pavements of smart Mayfair , four men from MI5 were rooted in their chairs , motionless as the anger poured out of the speaker into the room and the tape-deck wound silently round and round . |
| 6 | The mountain peaks and ridges clawed at the sky and Maggie stopped thinking altogether . |
| 7 | The Queen of Pleasures groped at the wall and switched on the light . |
| 8 | Several prominent political and religious leaders spoke at the service and were united in their calls for the government to take firm and speedy action against those responsible for the deaths . |
| 9 | To their combined relief , it was not long before the two men arrived at the driveway and stepped cautiously out onto its surface . |
| 10 | He said the men began to ‘ panic and swear ’ when police arrived at the house and Maher appeared at the window , saying : ‘ This is something which has gone terribly wrong . ’ |
| 11 | In Roman hemispherical domes , brick radiating ribs started at the springing and met at the apex . |
| 12 | Two of the men died at the scene and their three colleagues were rushed to hospital , where one died a short time later . |
| 13 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
| 14 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 15 | The women glanced at the fracas and stepped delicately aside on the steps as they passed by . |
| 16 | Eventually a Cun bowed and indicated for his brethren to follow him ; the others snarled at the Galks and walked away . |
| 17 | TWENTY more or less innocent little faces looked at the pianist and the two teachers and chanted : ‘ Thank you Mary , thank you Brenda , thank you Michael . ’ |
| 18 | Professor Glennerster and others looked at the allegations and found no evidence of a two-tier structure emerging . |
| 19 | And within hours Darlington council workmen arrived at the house and fixed all the various problems . |