Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 2 | Robbie averted her eyes from those muscular legs and looked at him consideringly . |
| 3 | She punched his face and kicked his legs and tore at his abdomen . |
| 4 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 5 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 6 | I opened my eyes and glowered at him . |
| 7 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 8 | Harvey screwed up his eyes and stared at her . |
| 9 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 10 | As the porters wheeled the trolley away , the girl opened her eyes and stared at Juliet with pure hatred . |
| 11 | Ruth blinked open her eyes and stared at him . |
| 12 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 13 | Ho opened his eyes and rubbed at his throat . |
| 14 | He had seen it happen , like a click of the fingers , the start of life , when the foal opened its eyes and looked at him . |
| 15 | He opened his eyes and looked at her . |
| 16 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 17 | If you half-closed your eyes and looked at it you might have likened it to a string of coloured beads . |
| 18 | She opened her eyes and looked at Thérèse . |
| 19 | After a long pause Clare opened her eyes and looked at Caro . |
| 20 | She opened her eyes and glared at him . |
| 21 | He opened his eyes and glared at her , very pale and sullen . |
| 22 | As the campaign progressed , his rallies became increasingly visionary and evangelical as he narrowed his eyes and gazed at horizons no one else could see . |
| 23 | She opened her eyes and gazed at him in disbelief . |
| 24 | He rolled his eyes and tugged at his collar and blew on his finger-nails ; and then Erika felt a sensation she had never known before ; one that in all her life of order , regimentation , structures , and of love and caring , too , it had never occurred to her that she might have . |
| 25 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 26 | To my astonishment and chagrin Ellen left her hand in his as he opened his eyes and smiled at her . |
| 27 | As he opened his eyes and smiled at her strangely , she added , ‘ And it was worth it in the end . |
| 28 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 29 | She opened her eyes and smiled at him . |
| 30 | The man turned sideways in the bushes and looked at Lok along his shoulder . |