Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it properly refereed or passed through at the urgings of the editor ? |
| 2 | With some deliberation , he withdrew his arms from under the bedclothes and gazed tiredly at the backs of his hands . |
| 3 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 4 | Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method . |
| 5 | He put on his glasses , walked over to the windows , and peered closely at the titles of the books . |
| 6 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 7 | Lacuna interrupted him , and gestured wildly at the screens . |
| 8 | A crow perched on it while they watched , and poked hopefully at the sockets . |
| 9 | Yet the incident may have been deliberately provoked : some of the demonstrators were armed , and fired back at the police . |
| 10 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 11 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 12 | Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin . |
| 13 | ‘ I am happy to have afforded you amusement , ma'am , ’ he said ironically , and turned in at the gates of the Lodge . |
| 14 | She bent her head and scrubbed furiously at the plates . |
| 15 | In the 50th minute Logan made amends when he burst on to Stewart 's pop-up pass and touched down at the posts for the stand-off to convert . |
| 16 | He took a deep breath and glanced round at the giants . |
| 17 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 18 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 19 | Sarah carried it carefully , but when she entered the dining room and glanced across at the guests she almost dropped it . |
| 20 | Was this what the murderer had done , leaving fingerprints which were by now enlarged and recorded and locked away at the police station , waiting to be produced at the trial ? |
| 21 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 22 | I think that if Jesus stood in your school and looked around at the crowds he would feel exactly the same . |
| 23 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
| 24 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
| 25 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 26 | Masklin relaxed a bit , and looked down at the figures in the sand . |
| 27 | They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus . |
| 28 | Maggie walked out on to the balcony and looked across at the mountains . |
| 29 | I was arrested on a Wednesday and kept overnight at the police station and questioned . |
| 30 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |