Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier . |
| 2 | She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill . |
| 3 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 4 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 5 | She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging . |
| 6 | Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness . |
| 7 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 8 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 9 | He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely . |
| 10 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 11 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 12 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 13 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 14 | That afternoon , while the same wind , now freshened , still blew across the island and off into the North Sea , Esmerelda and I went out as usual , and stopped off at the shed to pick up the dismantled kite . |
| 15 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
| 16 | Indraugnir howled and lashed out at the Bloodthirster with renewed fury , using the last of his fading strength to keep the Blood God 's follower at bay . |
| 17 | Then she put on a white crash helmet , climbed into her kart and roared off at the Playscape circuit in Clapham , South London . |
| 18 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 19 | In London in 1969 he concluded that Rolling Stone would be an extremely fashionable thing to be involved in , and dropped in at the magazine 's Maddox Street offices . |
| 20 | He increased his pace and arrived back at the hall as the church clock was striking six . |
| 21 | The questionnaire on page 35 of this booklet should be completed and handed in at the Sport and Recreation Display on enrolment day or at the Sports ' Centre Reception . |
| 22 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 23 | The boy ran on to the flats where Zeinab lived and rushed in at the entrance . |
| 24 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 25 | Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock . |
| 26 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 27 | Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows . |
| 28 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 29 | Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass . |
| 30 | Culley half-rose , but Cattini put out a hand to stop him , and glanced back at the barman who lifted a bottle and dug a highball glass into an ice-container . |