Example sentences of "laughed at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Perhaps this will explain , ’ Dana whipped off her hat and laughed at the look on their faces .
2 She lay on her back and laughed at the sky .
3 Ron Roddan laughed at the memory .
4 Harris laughed at the memory .
5 She laughed at the expression on Joanna 's face , then gave a little frown .
6 Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Roirbak laughed at the absurdity of the image .
10 Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation .
11 Certainly , each party laughed at the other .
12 After the rehearsal they all , Miranda too , went to the Adelphi tea-rooms , where they laughed at the décor : " Straight from the thirties , darling .
13 She laughed at the thought of his face next morning when he realised he 'd been outwitted it was n't hard to do .
14 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 .
15 Then she snatched a cigarette from a box , her hand shaking so much she laughed at the difficulty she had in lighting it .
16 I laughed at the girl 's pun on Mandeville 's name .
17 The four police officers laughed at the irony .
18 Our teenagers laughed at the suggestion that maybe dad could help .
19 Drug dealers elicited sympathy from secondary school pupils , who laughed at the suggestion of reporting them to the police .
20 She laughed at the suspicion of jealousy in my voice .
21 It was very , very sad , thought I , as the army conscript across the road laughed at the prostitution of his country 's future .
22 Well we laughed at the time did n't we .
23 He says he laughed at the interviewer .
24 I was so thankful she was well that I too laughed at the repartee .
25 Chairman Garry Gibson yesterday laughed at the prospect not merely of promotion , but the possibility of passing the Magpies on the way .
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