Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
2 | I expect I woke up at the wrong time . |
3 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
4 | Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images . |
5 | As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre . |
6 | I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about . |
7 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
8 | I called in at the wrong time . |
9 | I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever . |
10 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
11 | I stared down at the white face of the ratman . |
12 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
13 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
14 | Slowly I looked around at the other boys . |
15 | I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation . |
16 | As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about . |
17 | I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings . |
18 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
19 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
20 | I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando . |
21 | I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti . |
22 | Wistfully , I looked back at the haunting beauty of the well . |
23 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
24 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
25 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
26 | I looked down at the glistening pavements . |
27 | I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make . |
28 | ‘ I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew . |
29 | I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run . |
30 | I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling . |