Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 2 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 3 | When he saw his wife 's face , he was so shocked that he stopped speaking and stared at her in horror . |
| 4 | Woolley stopped shaving and looked at her in the mirror . |
| 5 | The two eldest of the ‘ broth ’ agreed with their father , nodding and grinning at him with their mouths full . |
| 6 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 7 | He kept the other galleys heaving and hauling at it till the tide rose and they could pull it off the rocks . |