Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buckmaster dabbed at his thin lips with his napkin . |
| 2 | This month IAN LUCAS looks at their other major requirement — food . |
| 3 | This disposition of rooms made it possible to treat the residual high-level space as a single living/dining/cooking area , with the kitchen located at its northern end , divided from the generous living-dining-room only by a head-height folding screen . |
| 4 | Meredith fumed at his liquefying eyes and the contemptuous curl of his sculpted mouth . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes even big girls cry , ’ he mused , his lips quirking at her sudden transition from tears to rage . |
| 6 | The wide mouth twisted at her appalled expression . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's raining in Oxfordshire , ’ he agreed , his lips tilting at her sybaritic contentment . |
| 8 | ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The kind of material which members of the Graduate Association enjoyed at their weekly meetings was best exemplified by a Jewish intelligence report of a lecture given by the IFL vice-president H.H. Beamish in 1937 , entitled ‘ National Socialism ( Racial Fascism ) in Practice in Germany ’ , which appeared to have been fairly typical of his beliefs . |
| 11 | If Bragad guesses at your real identity it could cause us a world of difficulties with some of the lords . ’ |
| 12 | He snatched my ticket , demanded to know if I was Miss or Mrs. glanced at my ringless left hand when I refused to answer , crossed out ‘ Ms ’ and wrote ‘ Miss ’ . |
| 13 | Dennis glanced at his tasting notes . |
| 14 | The soldier looked at my swollen hand and then back at my face . |
| 15 | The talk quickly became too technical for Sabine to follow , and Marie-Christine laughed at her bemused expression . |
| 16 | Then he shrugged again , raising her hopes even higher , and the black eyes looked at her long and hard . |
| 17 | Barney stared at her aghast . |
| 18 | Johnny stared at him open-mouthed . |
| 19 | Corbett stared at his bold-faced servant . |
| 20 | Physical activity and natural light Light exercise and brisk walks taken at your accustomed time by the new local time will help to adjust you to the new time zone and to make you feel ready for sleep at bedtime . |
| 21 | When I close my eyes and imagine fatherhood , I see all the standard clichés : John Jr walking with me in the park , a football dribbling at his chubby little feet ; John Jr passing me a spanner as I lie underneath the motorbike ; John Jr asking me to read him that story one more time because I read it so well . |
| 22 | Ellen smiled at my enthusiastic description . |
| 23 | Stok tugged at his fleshy chin . |
| 24 | Rose gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms . |
| 25 | seems to have got most of his information about Sarah from the data held at her local Family Health Services Authority in Bristol , registered under the data protection act , it holds a large amount of information on patients within its area including the name and address of a patient 's doctor . |
| 26 | All the while her thighs pumped at his quivering prick . |
| 27 | Her grandmother sat for hours looking at her shrinking face through the glass . |
| 28 | Ruth nibbled at her coloured pencil . |
| 29 | Thus , when Ludendorff arrived at his new headquarters at Marienburg , orders had already been given for the mass of the Eighth Army to form a half-moon facing southeast , toward the centre of which' Samsonov , urged on by telegrams from Jilinski , was now marching his weary men . |
| 30 | Considering the problem in plan ( on a plane parallel to eye level ) a series of parallel lines meet at their vanishing point on the backcloth ( or picture plane ) . |