Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 2 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 3 | He kicked gently and rose at an angle towards the ceiling . |
| 4 | They attended an opera together and flirted at a ball . |
| 5 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 6 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 7 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 8 | He took his hand away and looked at the smear of red blood on his fingers . |
| 9 | Their twelve-year-old son had crept downstairs and listened at the door . |
| 10 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
| 11 | Walterkin grinned widely and stared at the ground as he strode along . |
| 12 | She turned slowly and looked at the figure in the chair . |
| 13 | The girl laced her fingers together nervously and looked at the floor . |
| 14 | She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table . |
| 15 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 16 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the dark , hunched buildings at the side of the road . |
| 17 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 18 | Jorge came in then and stood at the door . |
| 19 | She darted forward and saw at a glance what had happened . |
| 20 | His face became serious again ; he leaned forward and stared at the fire , slowly sipping his wine . |
| 21 | Duvall lunged forward and fired at the shadow . |
| 22 | She walked back to the mantelpiece again and stared at the card as if she could contact its writer by clairvoyance . |
| 23 | So she sat down again and looked at the clock and she could n't believe what she was seeing : fifteen minutes past ten ! |
| 24 | So uncovered their eyes again and peered at the sun-god through their lashes . |
| 25 | He took his plastic tumbler up again and sipped at the wine , watching Sara over the lip of the tumbler . |
| 26 | He pulled the sides of the case apart and peered at the tobacco projectiles it contained , each one as potently dangerous as a Sam-7 . |