Example sentences of "[verb] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volkov held her close ; marvelling at her selfless courage even as he reproached her . |
| 2 | Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months , marvelling at his gallant spirit and his unfailing good temper . |
| 3 | He would look at Harry , the picture of health and happiness and , while marvelling at his steady uncomplicated progress , suddenly think of the child 's mother , a travesty of the woman he had once known , suffering , it would seem , from chronic post-natal depression , so much so that , on Winifred Shalcross 's advice , a second specialist had been called in . |
| 4 | In Britain , one has already been struck off and three others are facing disciplinary hearings for improper sexual conduct with patients , the British Psychological Society disclosed at its annual conference in Scarborough yesterday . |
| 5 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 6 | After reading of Helen Wright 's good fortune in September Amicus Ivan McNeill wrote to tell me of his luck in winning a three day family trip to Euro Disney in a free draw organised at his local Esso petrol station in Ballymena , County Antrim . |
| 7 | Something walking across her grave … or the forces in heaven laughing at her vain attempts to re-write her future ? |
| 8 | Like laughing at her po-faced pronouncements on the ‘ artistry ’ of throw-away tunes such as , well , you name ‘ em , she 's got ‘ em . |
| 9 | It was like a smiling , mocking face , laughing at her useless attempts to raise her own passion . |
| 10 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 11 | ‘ Did I not say , Harry , that I 'd get it from you , and no other ? ’ said Isambard , still laughing at his stricken face . |
| 12 | Her shoulder was stinging , but Maria could n't help laughing at his effervescent antics . |
| 13 | ‘ So I see , ’ she said , laughing at his sheepish small-boy expression . |
| 14 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 15 | Then Brett started laughing at my Brummy vest . |
| 16 | Steel doors rose at their rear ends and heavily ammed men dropped to the ground . |
| 17 | This disposition of rooms made it possible to treat the residual high-level space as a single living/dining/cooking area , with the kitchen located at its northern end , divided from the generous living-dining-room only by a head-height folding screen . |
| 18 | This indicates that the region of RAP74 responsible for the interaction with RAP30 in vivo is located at its N-terminal domain . |
| 19 | 94 extended articles on specific aspects of British and American life and institutions , ranging from ‘ architecture ’ , ‘ clothes ’ , ‘ advertising ’ and ‘ newspapers ’ , to ‘ television ’ , ‘ the police ’ , ‘ the royal family ’ and ‘ humour ’ ( conveniently located at their alphabetical position in the text ) . |
| 20 | So I hope it is n't just sentimentality that makes me baulk at his drastic solution . |
| 21 | A dialysis machine has now been installed at their new home in Oxford , supervised by his New Zealand born wife . |
| 22 | The company believes the strength of its Rosemary brand , plus the ‘ state-of-the-art ’ technology installed at its new Bedworth plant , will enable it to achieve this aim . |
| 23 | The investment property is included at its open market value . |
| 24 | The investment property is included at its open market value . |
| 25 | She dotted her forefinger into a thick yellow pool on the table-top , licked it , winced at its fiery and concentrated taste . |
| 26 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 27 | In 1863 the 200-ton brig Comet sank at her Funchal anchorage , and in 1877 the schooner Patagonia went ashore near Ponta São Lourenço . |
| 28 | Her eyes had flown to meet his , then dropped at his sarcastic comment as her cheeks became stained with an ugly red . |
| 29 | The butterfly needed short grass , wild thyme and Myrmica sabuleti , a particular ant species , all of which it has at its new , secret Devon location . |
| 30 | Again , as early as 1969 , it was Glenn Gould who , having seen some of the early Karajan/ Clouzot films of orchestral and choral music , rejoiced at their imaginative refutation of what he called the ‘ proscenium psychology ’ . |