Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
2 | Zach gazed round at the tiny wooden bed under the eaves . |
3 | Edward came in at the french window and stared blankly at his younger sister . |
4 | Angalo squinted up at the blue sky . |
5 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
6 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
7 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
8 | Donna glanced round at the other occupants of the room but they were all hunched over their chosen books , seated at the wooden desks . |
9 | Schellenberg glanced around at the desolate landscape . |
10 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
11 | Manville glanced back at the black sedan as the taxi surged forward . |
12 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
13 | Rex looked around at the jaded office . |
14 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
15 | Meredith looked back at the heaving throng on the shop floor . |
16 | Kathleen looked over at the square cardboard box she had just brought back from Dorothea . |
17 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
18 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
19 | Jane gazed up at the towering bulk . |
20 | Fitzormonde gazed up at the cruel gargoyle faces on the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula . |
21 | Katherine gazed out at the empty Manhattan streets . |
22 | Hrun glanced up at the widening cracks and sighed . |
23 | Nicholson looked up at the grey stone building . |
24 | Ronni blinked down at the glittering sea that was divided from the craggy landscape by a broad silken ribbon of glittering pale gold sand . |
25 | Ellie stared out at the full moon above the yard , above the wrong part of town . |
26 | Ebert looked up at the big man defiantly , spitting the words back at him . |
27 | Gascoigne took it , John Barnes flicked on at the near post and Platt arrived behind him to head in his 13th England goal . |
28 | Lyn switched off the set as Stephen came in at the back door . |
29 | Julia looked up at the cloudless sky and felt the last of the day 's sun on her face . |
30 | Elaine looked up at the black , velvety sky studded with tiny , twinkling stars . |