Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order .
2 Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier .
3 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 .
4 He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke .
5 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
6 She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging .
7 He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes .
8 He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling .
9 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
10 Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling .
11 He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling .
12 after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen .
13 He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter .
14 We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter .
18 He affixed a small jewellers ' eyeglass to his eye , and peered in at the device 's workings more closely .
19 One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass .
20 The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg .
21 Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor .
22 The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip .
23 Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings .
24 Then they built a sand-castle with ramparts and a moat and turrets , and stopped off at a café on their way home and treated themselves to a delicious cream tea .
25 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 .
26 The six steel sheets were inserted into the two widest sides of the trench and bolted together at the top , forming a curved tunnel .
27 Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears .
28 He drew the sword out and prodded again at the wizard , who was rigid with terror and guilt .
29 This one was thick and protuberant , and bent unexpectedly at the top : it looked like a cross between a penis and a corkscrew , and the little group looked at it as if wondering who would dare be first to point this out .
30 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 .
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