Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 2 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 3 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 4 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 5 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 6 | Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs . |
| 7 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 8 | These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head . |
| 9 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 10 | The old English folksong demonstrates that they could often be sinister in their intent , waylaying passers-by and snatching at the wind with skinny , white hands : |
| 11 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 12 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 13 | She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support . |
| 14 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 15 | Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 16 | Wycliffe walked to work with a salty taste on his lips and arrived at the Incident Room as the little printer was opening up . |
| 17 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |
| 18 | He blew out his fat , purpled cheeks , dug his hands deep in his breeches pockets and looked at the sky with a martyred air . |
| 19 | She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground . |
| 20 | Now , we 've used this technique in invasive bladder cancer , and we 've quantified the micro-vascularity in a group of invasive cancers and looked at the prognosis and metastasis . |
| 21 | She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork . |
| 22 | She immediately sprang to her feet and shouted at the top of her voice : ‘ HEY HAL . |
| 23 | As a fellow Chairman of these Tribunals I find myself in general agreement with him , although is until some way is found to eliminate obviously frivolous appeals from the Local Appeal Tribunal 's decisions I doubt the practicality of having appeals to a Tribunal of Commissioners and blanch at the thought of their Lordships of the Court of Session 's comments if asked to deal with some of the material placed before a single Commissioner at present . |
| 24 | Glance at the sentences and memorize the next few phrases and look at the audience while you are speaking . |
| 25 | She prowled among the desks and glowered at the action boards as if they were a bunch of football hooligans . |
| 26 | The two other residential courses , both ‘ Working in Teams ’ were weekend events based around outdoor activities and held at the Dounans Outdoor Centre , Aberfoyle . |
| 27 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 28 | The sea ebbs and flows at the rivermouth giving salt-wedge or mixed waters from 1.0015 to 1.007 ( for comparison , coral fish are usually kept at a constant 1.025 or 35 grams/litre , 4.67 ounces/gallon , salts at 25°s ; C ) . |
| 29 | She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog . |
| 30 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |