Example sentences of "and [verb] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat there , her feet on tiptoe , just reaching the black and white floor , and gazed at the glazed bumps of the linen towel hanging from a hook on the back of the door , the little wash-basin shaped like a scallop shell , the black and white edging of the tiles above . |
| 2 | Victoria , oddly quenched , sat at Aunt Margaret 's feet and gazed at the shifting patterns in the fire , singing to herself a wordless , keening song . |
| 3 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 4 | She was admitted , now , to the feasting-hall of the King , and placed at the long women 's table presided over by Marietta of Patras , the King 's serene and excellent mother . |
| 5 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's the only castle I 've ever seen that I can imagine living in , ’ she said , standing in the upper gallery and gazing at the magnificent views from the windows . |
| 7 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 8 | The definition of " consumer use " is very wide , and looks at the actual facts of the case , even if the other party did not know them , or could not be expected to know them . |
| 9 | It begins by defining the augmented nature of the product or service being purchased , and looks at the derived characteristics of demand for goods and services in these industrial markets . |
| 10 | It asks how far the jobless attempt to maintain traditional roles , whether by legal or illegal means , and looks at the different sources of pressure and aid found in this village . |
| 11 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 12 | J. H. Newsom ( later Sir John ) was born in 1910 and educated at the Imperial Services College and Queen 's College , Oxford . |
| 13 | He sat and thought somberly about Kegan , keeping his chin tucked into his neck and his eyes on the toes of his outstretched feet , as people clutching clipboards bustled about , and men wearing earphones and pulling the attached wires behind them moved importantly from place to place and shouted at the invisible listeners who spoke to them through the earphones . |
| 14 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 15 | For here his father was , sitting down beside him , hugging and kissing him , taking his hand again and laughing at the silly terrors his little game had aroused in his son . |
| 16 | ‘ No , your Grace , for when he mustered what force he had left and drove at the Welsh knights , he could both ride and fight , and so did , and well . |
| 17 | Any necessary elections for tax purposes must be identified and made at the optimum times . |
| 18 | I in turn thanked him for his careful encouragement and support at the various stages of the project . |
| 19 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 20 | We too are part of the whole subject area ourselves : our own can be immensely varied , and looking at the various ways people have responded to the natural energies manifesting at ancient sites is central . |
| 21 | The cabby made a squealing noise and clutched at the ragged edges of the wound as if trying to hold it together , to prevent the blood pouring through his hands . |
| 22 | Petion saw her go from the corner of his eye , and fired at the crouching figures on the freighter 's deck with grim determination . |
| 23 | On the way , there are supposedly many opportunities for us to laugh at the pretentious antics of the cheeky Doyle , and howl at the gormless prattlings of his elder travelling companion . |
| 24 | Delaney shook Lawton by the hand , and nodded at the other faces , regarding them levelly . |
| 25 | He is also keen to set up a body similar to the US Office of Technology Assessment , or New Zealand 's former Commission for the Future to stimulate public discussion and look at the long-term implications of technological change . |
| 26 | There is also a yard where one could at one time sit and look at the adjacent buildings through the barbed wire . |
| 27 | Just step outside the hotel and look at the sheep-dotted hills , whilst above birds of prey hover and swoop . |
| 28 | In Chapter 3 we will lift up the stone , so to speak , and look at the private anxieties and insecurities that are triggered , for many teachers , by their situations . |
| 29 | To fully appreciate the reasons we must ignore the training aspect and look at the basic costs of flying . |
| 30 | Cross through any negative images that come up , and look at the positive ones . |