Example sentences of "laughed at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps this will explain , ’ Dana whipped off her hat and laughed at the look on their faces . |
| 3 | I laughed at the times people had used that sentence to me . |
| 4 | She lay on her back and laughed at the sky . |
| 5 | Ron Roddan laughed at the memory . |
| 6 | Harris laughed at the memory . |
| 7 | She laughed at the expression on Joanna 's face , then gave a little frown . |
| 8 | Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie . |
| 9 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 10 | Rory talked fast and funnily , told them of the rat they 'd found in the caravan when they 'd come to it , recounted the horrors of a little restaurant in Buncrana where they 'd eaten the night before , and laughed at the way he and Mallachy had sailed past the beach a thousand times before deciding to boldly ask them for a drink . |
| 11 | Roirbak laughed at the absurdity of the image . |
| 12 | Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation . |
| 13 | Certainly , each party laughed at the other . |
| 14 | After the rehearsal they all , Miranda too , went to the Adelphi tea-rooms , where they laughed at the décor : " Straight from the thirties , darling . |
| 15 | He was aware of the controversial scene which had to be cut from the trailer and laughed at the problems it caused in the UK . |
| 16 | She with , it 's true , Janey 's help , cooked , served , washed up , cleaned , drove us here , there and everywhere , the doctor , school , the dentist , up to London for nerve-racking bouts of clothes shopping , she had the Nigels to stay , and laughed at the J ills at the garage and I 'd 've died if she 'd found out about Paul . |
| 17 | She laughed at the thought of his face next morning when he realised he 'd been outwitted it was n't hard to do . |
| 18 | Harris , who had been a cavalry trooper before a French cannonball had crushed his left foot at the battle of Corunna , laughed at the naivety of the question . |
| 19 | Then she snatched a cigarette from a box , her hand shaking so much she laughed at the difficulty she had in lighting it . |
| 20 | I laughed at the girl 's pun on Mandeville 's name . |
| 21 | The four police officers laughed at the irony . |
| 22 | Our teenagers laughed at the suggestion that maybe dad could help . |
| 23 | Drug dealers elicited sympathy from secondary school pupils , who laughed at the suggestion of reporting them to the police . |
| 24 | My blonde self laughed at the people of my village . |
| 25 | She laughed at the suspicion of jealousy in my voice . |
| 26 | It was very , very sad , thought I , as the army conscript across the road laughed at the prostitution of his country 's future . |
| 27 | Well we laughed at the time did n't we . |
| 28 | He says he laughed at the interviewer . |
| 29 | I was so thankful she was well that I too laughed at the repartee . |
| 30 | Groups of young men just off the tourist buses laughed at the pictures outside strip clubs , grabbing their own crotches and punching each other 's arms ; then they filed solemnly in . |