Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 2 | Suddenly Brown Owl bent down and looked at Jane 's foot . |
| 3 | She put the goose down and looked at Nick . |
| 4 | Two days later a horse-and-cart pulled up in Page Street and an elderly man with a shock of ginger hair sticking out from both sides of his battered trilby stepped down and knocked at Aggie 's front door . |
| 5 | The museum man placed his fingertips together and nodded at Davide as he took trouble to explain , and the colour flowed back from Davide 's cheeks and he slipped the coin into his pocket , with its two faces that were neither mirror images of one another , nor replicas , but a false double , an inexact repeat . |
| 6 | He pulled his hands away and stared at Lord Henry with wild eyes . |
| 7 | He pushed his plate away and stared at Rodriguez . |
| 8 | Now she could feel the solid muscle of her daughter 's arms and she wanted to lean against her and draw comfort and strength ; but she pulled away and looked at Phoebe with that straight , clear , appraising look that was her hallmark . |
| 9 | I remember being with him when a drunken drug addict , brought to his door by Sgt. Hendry , broke away and lunged at Chief Fyvie bringing up his hand-cuffed wrists to strike the chief in the face . |
| 10 | He leaned over and smiled at Athelstan . |
| 11 | He came over and smiled at Dangerfield . |
| 12 | He passed on and knocked at Himmler 's door . |
| 13 | Enraged , Richard sailed on and landed at Acre , joining the besieging army on 8th June . |
| 14 | She had been looking at Mick , but turned slowly and looked at Joe , and smiling slightly said , ‘ Yes ; yes , of course . ’ |
| 15 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 16 | Horton broke off and looked at Wycliffe as though apologising for boring him . |
| 17 | I 've no intention of paying — ’ She broke off and looked at Silas . |
| 18 | I can hardly believe you — ’ she broke off and looked at James . |
| 19 | He broke off and stared at Montgomery , his face suddenly incredulous . |
| 20 | After a little while , Wycliffe straightened up and looked at Bourne . |
| 21 | I said , yeah , and you picked them up and looked at dates and chucked them on cart . |
| 22 | Juliet sat up and looked at David . |
| 23 | Mr Priest looked up and stared at Dad for a while and Dad stood there waiting for a reply . |
| 24 | She looked up and stared at Melissa in sudden recollection . |
| 25 | Breeze sat up and stared at Gay , who was still laughing . |
| 26 | She sat up and stared at Matthew , her eyes red with tears . |
| 27 | Crowe sat up and stared at Frederica . |
| 28 | An eighty five year old man who was beaten up and robbed at knifepoint at his home has been talking about his ordeal . |
| 29 | The attendant sauntered up and grinned at Maggie . |
| 30 | Alix applied for jobs until she found she was pregnant , then gave up and sat at home . |