Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 2 | Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method . |
| 3 | And I 'd stand there , easing my aching back , and looking up at the stars . |
| 4 | Sammy stood on the mat shaking his fur by the open door and looking out at the sheets of rain that were now whipping across the graveyard . |
| 5 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 6 | Yet the incident may have been deliberately provoked : some of the demonstrators were armed , and fired back at the police . |
| 7 | He had a pale face , deep blue eyes , hair darker and straighter than hers , and a mouth which curved and turned up at the corners in an almost feminine way . |
| 8 | He was happier with this , though , than with his rather over-pan-fried John Dory , which was dry and turned up at the edges . |
| 9 | Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin . |
| 10 | ‘ I am happy to have afforded you amusement , ma'am , ’ he said ironically , and turned in at the gates of the Lodge . |
| 11 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 12 | I stand in front of it and look up at the lights . |
| 13 | In the 50th minute Logan made amends when he burst on to Stewart 's pop-up pass and touched down at the posts for the stand-off to convert . |
| 14 | He took a deep breath and glanced round at the giants . |
| 15 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 16 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 17 | Float on my back a bit and stare up at the stars . ’ |
| 18 | The man kicked the dog into a corner and looked round at the signs of battle . |
| 19 | I think that if Jesus stood in your school and looked around at the crowds he would feel exactly the same . |
| 20 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
| 21 | Later , in sleeping-bags , with Grégoire quiet and breathing peacefully , Edouard lay on his back , and looked up at the stars . |
| 22 | She stopped for a minute and looked out at the fields . |
| 23 | Masklin relaxed a bit , and looked down at the figures in the sand . |
| 24 | They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus . |
| 25 | I lay in my chair and stared up at the stars . |
| 26 | He took them out , stopped and stared up at the ravens cawing raucously against the blue sky . |
| 27 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
| 28 | He put down his pen and stared out at the Britches , which shifted gently and continuously in the light wind . |
| 29 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 30 | Riven straightened and glared over at the longhouses . |