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 . |