Example sentences of "wave [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Hardiman took off his spectacles again , and waved them in the air as he continued : ‘ Now we come to a more problematic matter . |
2 | The woman with the Scrabble game rules waved them in the air . |
3 | The Prince rose and waved him round the table to the chair next to his before serving them both with the best wine the clerk had tasted in months . |
4 | Pulling the door open further , Rune waved her towards the outer room and the telephone . |
5 | He drew on his cigar carefully , then waved it at the major . |
6 | As he did so he frantically waved it into the side . |
7 | Mr Yarrow plucked a card from the box and waved it in the air . |
8 | The small accomplice waved us into the lorry . |
9 | Catherine waved us into the hall and we sat in the window seat . |
10 | He waved us across the room to stand behind him . |
11 | The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch . |
12 | Customs had waved them through the green section . |
13 | Figures appeared in the road ahead , waving them into the yard of the farmhouse . |
14 | As he talks , his actions serve to emphasise his words ; he pounds the table ( researchers Ekman and Friesen described this kind of action as an illustrator ) ; he frowns at you ( an affect display ) ; he lifts an eyebrow indicating he requires an answer to his question ( a regulator ) ; finally , he waves you to the door ( an emblem ) . |
15 | ‘ Come in , ’ she said , stepping back and waving him into the flat . |
16 | You can wave it on the wall . |
17 | On the steps of the stadium someone had erected a red hammer-and-sickle flag and was waving it towards the crowd and the few media people present . |
18 | Came out of his office , waving it in the air . |
19 | There was ‘ Pooper Scooper ’ Watkins , a young woman who insisted not only on picking up her dog 's faeces with a see-through plastic glove , but also on waving it in the faces of passers-by in order to emphasize her ecological soundness . |