Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 2 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 3 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 4 | I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 . |
| 5 | I had to park at The Three Pigeons I could n't get in ! |
| 6 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 7 | You did n't think I intended to stay at the Crowned Head , did you ? ’ |
| 8 | If I wanted to point at the put directory . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I 've been to the office , and I wanted to look at the projected sales figures for this quarter . |
| 10 | To put it more simply , I wanted to look at the reciprocal interaction between individuals and their immediate social world . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you listening to me ? ’ he demanded when she failed to laugh at the right point . |
| 12 | On Monday morning , she reported to work at the Swift building on Des Voeux Road . |
| 13 | She stopped to look at the two houses , Brier and Rose , like identical twins wearing slightly different clothing so that one could tell them apart . |
| 14 | She seemed to shudder at the very thought . |
| 15 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 16 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 17 | One was to Adam Russell whom she arranged to meet at an Italian restaurant in Pimlico . |
| 18 | Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it , but it struck something hard straight away . |
| 19 | When she was 18 she went to study at the Royal School of Needlework , where she not only learnt how to identify and date historical embroidery , but also became a prize-winning practitioner . |
| 20 | Greek food , not surprisingly , she preferred to enjoy at the White Tower restaurant in Soho . |
| 21 | She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue . |
| 22 | She paused to stare at a wooden gate swinging crazily on its hinges . |
| 23 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 24 | She continued to exhibit at the New English Art Club ( 1908–11 ) . |
| 25 | She also took to pastry-making , which she continued to practise at a local confectioner 's when she returned to Epsom in 1854 , though her family thought this to be ‘ ultra modern and not quite nice ’ . |
| 26 | Shrugging regretfully , she continued to gaze at the various treasures displayed . |
| 27 | We arranged to meet at the next new mum 's group at my house the following week . |
| 28 | We began to run at a great speed through the trees , and Silver was soon thirty metres behind us . |
| 29 | I returned to Russia recently with my dear friend Ashkenazy and we went to look at the Central School of Music in Moscow , our educational base for so many years , and there it is , a sorry sight of rubble , locked doors and broken windows . |
| 30 | She unhooked her cloak collar as we had to wait at the outer door of Marcus whilst two porters wheeled out an empty accident trolley . |