Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 2 | As I approached I looked wonderingly at the slight figure with the soft fairish hair falling over his brow , at the holed cardigan and muck-encrusted wellingtons . |
| 3 | When Nell did n't reply , he turned to see if she had heard him ; found her staring fixedly at the sign . |
| 4 | Remember Ah asked ye to go slowly at the start ? |
| 5 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 6 | He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching . |
| 7 | They heard him battering furiously at the panels and shouting hoarsely : ‘ What do you want with him ? |
| 8 | James watched me prodding away at the knitting for a while , and I sensed his helplessness . |
| 9 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 10 | No , it was not Jenny who made him look askance at the legacy . |
| 11 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 12 | Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’ |
| 13 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 14 | They danced two dances together — or , rather , one and a half , for in the middle of the second , a waltz , he complained of feeling hot and giddy and she took him to sit out at the side . |
| 15 | Chen , watching Karr , saw a small movement in the big man 's face ; saw him look up at the woman appreciatively . |
| 16 | How did you go on at the fox hunt today ? |
| 17 | Yes and did you stay on at the hospital then ? |
| 18 | How did you get on at the doctor 's ? |
| 19 | They left him looking up at the sky again . |
| 20 | He had the weaving loom I think at the whether he ever had it set up at the I could n't say . |
| 21 | A computerised machine was implanted in his chest last November but Mrs Priestley said it packed up at the end of last month and he was taken into hospital . |
| 22 | The handicapped children who joined school forced us to look again at the provision we made for children . |
| 23 | She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again . |