Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [to-vb] at the " in BNC.

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1 Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her .
2 When he married he rented a rambling red-brick Georgian house two miles away and bicycled to work at the forge most days .
3 Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers .
4 The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact .
5 The goat stopped abruptly and tried to chew at the hem of Mrs Hollidaye 's brown jacket .
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