Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [vb past] at the " in BNC.

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1 Friar Tuck stirred himself and stared at the Trapper .
2 He picked up the wafer of liquid crystal which represented himself and stared at the High Priest 's face , his own , wishing that his own image could confide in him in the same way that the Harlequin had .
3 If Agrippa gave an order they obeyed with alacrity , but sometimes I caught them watching me and shuddered at the amusement in their icy , pale-blue eyes .
4 I held my ticket tightly to me and smiled at the thought .
5 She braced herself and gazed at the compass , silently begging the needle to stop wavering to and fro .
6 He took the seat to which Carson had gestured him and glanced at the message slip .
7 I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling .
8 She fetched antiseptic and some cotton wool , then bent towards him and dabbed at the place , a pose that brought their heads close together .
9 She took it from him and sipped at the sweet sherry , reminded by its taste that he bought it specially because she did n't like sweet sherry .
10 But the rest of his appeal was lost as Erika pushed past him and stood at the end of the bus , well aware that Paul would rather postpone his appeal than stand the two slow lurching miles to the club .
11 I may even have just called for him and stood at the door .
12 Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page .
13 She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer .
14 She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills .
15 He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips .
16 She sat down in front of it and looked at the half-page she had typed that morning .
17 He opened it and looked at the video tape cassette inside .
18 Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces .
19 He moved between us and looked at the bowls of deep colour , and little puffs of red and yellow dotted about the draining-board to dry .
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