Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having attended the first General Commissioners ' hearing on 10 April 1991 , the debtor and his accountant failed to appear at the adjourned hearing on 19 June 1991 . |
| 2 | On Monday morning , she reported to work at the Swift building on Des Voeux Road . |
| 3 | After discussion with the therapist , Tony agreed to start searching for another job more systematically ; he proposed to look at the local newspapers twice a week for possible job vacancies . |
| 4 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 5 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 6 | Investigations are continuing to discover how the two cars came to collide at the Great Stainton crossroads on the narrow road . |
| 7 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 8 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 9 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 10 | She seemed to shudder at the very thought . |
| 11 | Sir Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador came to speak at the White Rock Pavilion , Hastings , at his request . |
| 12 | Lifting his head , he turned to grin at the little girl . |
| 13 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 14 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 15 | Laura turned to look at the other woman in astonishment . |
| 16 | It was seventeen years after President Kennedy 's assassination , twelve years since Bobby 's , but the idea was so powerful nobody turned to look at the shattered window or the stunned lad . |
| 17 | She turned to look at the rear clock . |
| 18 | I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel . |
| 19 | ‘ I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’ |
| 20 | " Ah , excuse me , They both turned to look at the winding-stair door , where the small attendant was peeking round the side , most of its body hidden in the twisted darkness beyond . |
| 21 | And , repeating this like a charm : ‘ It was n't me ; it was n't me , ’ she turned to look at the red splashes on the wall . |
| 22 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 23 | On International Women 's Day , over a hundred women arrived to protest at the male domination of the event : they wore white featureless masks inside the hall — to symbolize women 's invisibility-and , in men 's suits , held a mock inquiry outside . |
| 24 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 25 | They arranged to meet at the Blue Boar on the following Wednesday night , then Billy jumped on his bike to ride home . |
| 26 | Frantically he began tearing at the small buttons that ran from her waist to the collar of her dark blouse . |
| 27 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 28 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 29 | His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate . |
| 30 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |