Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downstairs , Teppanyaki San is Japanese food as theatre , with knife-juggling , joke-telling chefs cooking at your table — express lunches from £5.50 |
| 2 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 3 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 4 | The fairies giggle at their antics as they do at those of Bottom and their Queen . |
| 5 | They wore mushroom-shaped hats topped with glittering brass spikes , and white cloths fluttered at their necks to protect them from the sun ; all of them were barefoot , but Joseph noticed that their leg wrappings were yellow — the colour , as Tran Van Hieu had already pointed out , which was worn only by the emperor and his immediate entourage . |
| 6 | Sam dropped his gaze thoughtfully to Midnight 's teeth tearing at his grass , and knew that his dear old bike was doomed . |
| 7 | She saw his lips curve at her challenge , and before he could protest she crossed quickly to him . |
| 8 | Jorge can take me , ’ she finished in a wild rush as his eyes stopped at her breasts and lingered unforgivably , making her hot and anxious . |
| 9 | Although Miss Stocks and many members of the Kettering and other branches protested at her resignation , it was accepted by the District . |
| 10 | Years later , Ogwen apprenticeship having been served , we began to aspire to their routes , knees knocking at our effrontery . |
| 11 | ‘ Sometimes even big girls cry , ’ he mused , his lips quirking at her sudden transition from tears to rage . |
| 12 | If you see the trainers looking at their notes . |
| 13 | As is the way of coast guard stations , it once had waves lapping at its doorstep . |
| 14 | I 'm stumbling backwards , almost falling ; I have to turn to stop myself tripping and the turn becomes a run and I ca n't stop myself , I just have to escape ; I race away through the woods , tears burning on my face , sobbing hysterically , the breath whistling and whooping in and out of me , hot and desperate and livid in my throat ; ferns whip at my legs and branches lash at my face . |
| 15 | Her eyes sparked at his condescension . |
| 16 | Home-grown teenagers look at their parents and think , ‘ I ca n't have been produced by them ! |
| 17 | ‘ It 's raining in Oxfordshire , ’ he agreed , his lips tilting at her sybaritic contentment . |
| 18 | I always enjoy the two preview parties that Mr John Partridge and the directors of Partridge Fine Arts give at their fine New Bond Street showroom , before both their summer and winter exhibitions . |
| 19 | An alternative strategy would be to alter the host range of the virus 10 which is determined in part by the binding properties of the proteins displayed at its surface 11 . |
| 20 | His eyes narrowed at her expression of utter confidence . |
| 21 | And how lucky I am to be living in Badminton , a beautiful Cotswold village , on the edge of a park in the middle of a great landed estate , with all the amenities provided at my landlord 's expense and responsibility . |
| 22 | Rachel stood frozen , her face white and her eyes staring at his face as she pictured her father , felled by the pressure of his life and work , facing his arch-enemy : death . |
| 23 | Electricians looked at their watches and slowly pushed their arc-lights about . |
| 24 | Crilly 's eyes widen at his surroundings : the post office , Woolworth 's , Perfect Pizza , Salter Rex Estate Agents , dogs , fruit markets . |
| 25 | The contentment in his eyes engendered at its heart a faint , malicious spark of amusement . |
| 26 | Ajayi looked at her companion 's face in the dimness . |
| 27 | His eyes widened at her bluntness and that made her feel better . |
| 28 | Then he shrugged again , raising her hopes even higher , and the black eyes looked at her long and hard . |
| 29 | Her beautiful brown eyes looked at my face . |
| 30 | The three brothers looked at their sister , and she went on , ‘ She had an interesting face that could be beautiful . |