Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They scattered for safety as a coach pulled up ; it had begun its final tumultuous dash from Trafalgar Square just as they had hammered at the door . |
| 32 | He said the party 's 49 Scottish MPs would campaign for a multi-option referendum on the country 's future , something which they had endorsed at the meeting . |
| 33 | I found nothing ; it was as if they had vanished at the end of the revolution . |
| 34 | The upward slope of the function reflects the response of firms to an actual value for p which turns out to be greater or less than they had expected at the end of t - 1 . |
| 35 | They had arrived at the grave . |
| 36 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 37 | They had arrived at the wharf , which was exceedingly ill-lit . |
| 38 | The players , who already knew the value of the advertising dollar , were endlessly pumped onto the television advertisements ( most of them in soft focus ) as they mouthed clichés and manufactured statements about what they hoped to do at the World Cup . |
| 39 | They stood looking at the door , wondering what form the knocking threat would take . |
| 40 | They stood smoking at the end of the passage and watched Auriega . |
| 41 | They stood gazing at the foal , shaking their heads . |
| 42 | They stood listening at the door as Gerald Hussey made a short speech of welcome ; then there were further exchanges in low voices which Sara could not make out . |
| 43 | He turned into the one occupied by his stepmother , switched off the motor , and for several moments they sat looking at the house whose drawn blinds and closed windows seemed to proclaim its emptiness . |
| 44 | The two of them continued to stare at the group . |