Example sentences of "[vb past] at [noun prp] 's [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Wishart was burned at the stake on the orders of Scotland 's primate , Cardinal Beaton , Knox had joined protesters and rejoiced at Beaton 's eventual hanging at St Andrews . |
| 2 | Amiss gestured at Ganesh 's attendant ladies . |
| 3 | She squinted at Madeleine 's thin ankles , arched foot swinging a high-heeled slipper . |
| 4 | Oh , yes , ’ he murmured at Athelstan 's shocked expression . |
| 5 | The powerful Goellner , 6ft 5in , put out Petr Korda in Paris last month to help boost his ranking to 34 , but showed at Queen 's last week that he has a game for grass . |
| 6 | But something in her rebelled at Luke 's stark acceptance of the risk . |
| 7 | We walked between two ancient plane trees which generations of hard pruning had reduced to bunches of arthritic grey knuckles , and arrived at Bouilland 's 200-year-old launderette . |
| 8 | When the Royalist army arrived at Worcester 's oldest pub , the Cardinal 's Hat , they were refreshed with pints of a special 1042° gravity beer , ‘ His Majesty 's Royal Celebration Ale ’ , brewed by Jolly Roger . |
| 9 | And on Friday , Jamie arrived at Becky 's rented cottage on the Blenheim estate in Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | Two days later a horse-and-cart pulled up in Page Street and an elderly man with a shock of ginger hair sticking out from both sides of his battered trilby stepped down and knocked at Aggie 's front door . |
| 11 | She glanced at Juliet 's slim figure . |
| 12 | Martin glanced at Marjorie 's stricken face , seized the child 's thin wrist and jerked him to his feet . |
| 13 | Doreen glanced at Lucy 's ringless fingers . |
| 14 | Juliet glanced at David 's strong profile . |
| 15 | The oriental glanced at Grant 's bandaged arm and shrugged . |
| 16 | Athelstan hid a smile , glanced at Cranston 's glowering face and bunched the reins in his hands . |
| 17 | Egypt protested at FIFA 's original date of 28 March as it conflicted with a religious festival . |
| 18 | The £200,000 French chopper , nicknamed The Squirrel , is the same as the one Clint owns back home in Carmel , California , and caused chaos among the French female air traffic control staff when it landed at Deauville 's tiny airport . |
| 19 | Perhaps the swank had been right in that one respect when he jeered at Biff 's diligent efforts in the Scriptory … |
| 20 | He pulled at Skinner 's empty coat sleeve . |
| 21 | Atypical of their material thus far , it also hinted at Barlow 's imminent return from the backwoods . |
| 22 | But when I started at Benedict 's nineteen years ago , and during my training , though a few forced the pace , no-one thought one odd , or sick , if one did n't leap into bed with one 's boyfriend , or indulge in violent necking sessions on every date . |
| 23 | Rawhide unseated Kevin O'Brien at the first fence , but the remaining 39 runners , led by Golden Minstrel and Willsford , continued without another casualty until Brown Windsor fell at Becher 's first time round . |
| 24 | The happiness Faye felt at Catherine 's safe birth masked her underlying weakness and exhaustion . |
| 25 | I just stared at Santerre 's cheery face . |
| 26 | Sabrina stared at Teufel 's bowed head . |
| 27 | She sighed angrily , then narrowed her eyes into slits and stared at Buddie 's broad back . |
| 28 | Kate stared at Caitlin 's ruddy face and nodded . |
| 29 | Incredulously she stared at Fernando 's grinning face as he took her gently by the shoulders . |
| 30 | He stared at Lambert 's stranded plane . |