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 . |