Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa has given special permission for the godparents and me to stand inside at the Jonah window , while he does the immersion outside . |
| 2 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 3 | He went ; and I stared again at the Modigliani , caressed the Rodin , surveyed the room . |
| 4 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 5 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 6 | He walked off and I gazed blankly at the cricket match . |
| 7 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 8 | And then we added eight two , which asked the director to explore the long-term viability of the estate , now we made that , and I said so at the time , the answer to that could be either positive or negative . |
| 9 | My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees . |
| 10 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 11 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 12 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 13 | But that , it does n't say after the SAT , the written comment can be made er , where we send er D and I reports home at the moment , i.e. er , just after half term in the second term . |
| 14 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 15 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 16 | If you go twice as fast as something else , and you started out at the same instant from the same spot , you 'd go twice as far — which is what you found . |
| 17 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 18 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 19 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 20 | Her hands , like claws , clutched her cup and she looked sorrowfully at the lukewarm tea . |
| 21 | Everything she had thought had been a lie and she looked carefully at the things she now possessed with new eyes . |
| 22 | Roman drove steadily over the causeway and she looked apprehensively at the expanse of sea on either side . |
| 23 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 24 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 25 | He gave her the rake and she went vigorously at the hay while he plaited a grass rope to put round a burden and heft it down to the byre . |
| 26 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
| 27 | Tears pricked her eyes and she stared hard at the floor . |
| 28 | His gaze dropped to her breasts and she shrivelled inside at the contempt in his tone . |
| 29 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 30 | Robbie was ready for a rest and some food , and she groaned inwardly at the thought that Fen would undoubtedly expect her to prepare a meal before she could eat and sink into her bunk . |