Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 2 | Rents on new takings rose hardly at all on Crown lands between the 1550s and the 1590s , whereas on the Seymour estates they increased fivefold and on the Herbert lands by 80 per cent . |
| 3 | Colours and patterns changed hardly at all and the dinky club badge remained firmly in place . |
| 4 | In the 118 cases mentioned in at least one national newspaper ( 70 were in only local papers ) , there were only 19 cases ( 16 per cent ) where the coverage of the incident lasted more than one day , and only 8 where this lasted several days . |
| 5 | His blue eyes twinkled down at her with sudden , unexpected mischief and he offered her his arm . |
| 6 | Her eyes levelled appraisingly at Christina , who flushed at the mention of Martin 's name and buried her face behind the menu . |
| 7 | His wicked , mocking eyes gleamed down at her . |
| 8 | Hard black eyes gleamed down at her . |
| 9 | The two brothers met again at their ancestral home in the year 2326 when Teclis returned for their father 's funeral . |
| 10 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 11 | Molland 's large blue eyes gazed unblinkingly at Peter . |
| 12 | His watery blue eyes gazed bulbously at me so I let the fool have his way though Benjamin agreed with me . |
| 13 | His own eyes gazed down at her , watching the tip of her tongue pass unconsciously over her parted lips . |
| 14 | BBC English plans a revised edition of the BBC English Dictionary every year but first the paperback edition ( itself revised ) , appears this month with the encyclopedic entries listed separately at the back . |
| 15 | His eyes narrowed speculatively at her tart tone . |
| 16 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
| 17 | Fernando Serra 's black eyes narrowed angrily at her and then settled on the waiter . |
| 18 | On the Quay Gustav Ador , she overshot two traffic lights ; cars hooted furiously at her . |
| 19 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
| 20 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 21 | Unlike other PTPases the vaccinia protein is able to dephosphorylate proteins modified both at serine and at tyrosine residues , but the structural basis of this altered specificity and its biological significance are unknown . |
| 22 | His pale blue eyes peered anxiously at Vic through thick rimless spectacles . |
| 23 | Six little yellow eyes peered up at him . |
| 24 | A man who was vaguely familiar was seated at the desk , his hair was grey and his eyes peered short-sightedly at the books before him . |
| 25 | His eyes flickered nervously at Corbett . |
| 26 | But her eyes clouded almost at once and she sat up , urgently grasping his coat again with her free hand . |
| 27 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 28 | Still they waited , as the Scots came on at a canter . |
| 29 | Miklós wanted to know why the Scots seemed more at ease as British than the Irish . |
| 30 | On Wednesday they had a quiet morning in the centre until just before lunch when two emergencies came in at virtually the same time . |