Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 2 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 3 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 4 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 5 | With a parting gift of prawns and fish from a friendly fisherman , we headed over to look at the islands of bum and Eigg on the way to Ardnamurchan . |
| 6 | Then I wandered outside to look at the wreaths and the Salvation Army Captain touched me on the shoulder . |
| 7 | Luce made a sweeping gesture with one arm and tried not to wince at the pain . |
| 8 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 9 | He tried not to look at the screens . |
| 10 | She tried not to look at the glass on the pink marble top of the wash-stand , empty , a sticky red stain at the bottom . |
| 11 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 12 | When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops . |
| 13 | There was one other issue which the CEGB tried hard to avoid at the Hinkley C Inquiry . |
| 14 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 15 | She used ter sing at the Star in Abbey Street , ’ Broomhead informed him . |
| 16 | You 'd better start at the beginning . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd better start at the beginning , and it 's a long story . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd better begin at the beginning . |
| 19 | Perhaps that was overstating what had happened out there , but , for first time in months , she 'd suddenly felt at the mercy of the audience , aware of every whisper , every stare . |
| 20 | Just before she turned the sign on the door round to read ‘ Closed ’ , a woman came in to look at the toys . |
| 21 | He seemed greatly cheered at the prospect of my arrival and held out his glass . |
| 22 | The eerie lights would hang in the air for quite some time then the mortars came over to burst at the edge of the wood . |
| 23 | The ever increasing army of tourists who came up to look at the scenery was growing . |
| 24 | Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement . |
| 25 | He came across to look at the image open on my lectern : a wild man covered in shaggy green fur was fighting a little hon with a club . |
| 26 | When at last I looked up we 'd almost arrived at the village . |
| 27 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 28 | But Becky often skipped away to listen at the back . |
| 29 | Jinny felt her breath stop as her eyes swivelled automatically to look at the Hare-woman . |
| 30 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |