Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb past] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angel proceeded to put on an incredible display of histrionics , peacock-blue eyes flashing , nostrils flaring above his furiously pouting mouth , as he shouted and swore at Alejandro . |
| 2 | The most recent record is of one caught and ringed at Beachy Head on 15 April 1968 . |
| 3 | Masinde Muliro , vice-chairman of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) , collapsed and died at Jomo Kenyatta airport on Aug. 14 shortly after his arrival from London . |
| 4 | She left to have a baby — ’ Miss Vinall stopped and stared at Juliet . |
| 5 | She stopped and jabbed at O'Hara 's machine with her umbrella . |
| 6 | Maybe Carter 's — ’ He stopped and looked at Marcus . |
| 7 | She stopped and looked at Shirley . |
| 8 | ‘ He stopped and looked at Sister Cooney . |
| 9 | Dyson stopped and gazed at Jannie seriously . |
| 10 | There seems to be no particular reason why the event is triennial , apart from the fact that it was thought the pole should be inspected , repaired and repainted at intervals of no longer than three years . |
| 11 | The brothers turned and looked at Joe and presently Martin said on a laugh , ‘ That 's what he 's going to be , Harry , a romantic novelist . |
| 12 | If the child woke and cried at night , sleepy Rose took her into the warmth of the big bed 's flannel sheets , opened her nightdress to her . |
| 13 | Hector , who came and went at will through her open chamber door , was in turn barking and yelping , and she could make out Mrs Diggory 's voice . |
| 14 | All evening , great men came and went at Downing Street and at the Palace of Westminster . |
| 15 | Cranston belched and blinked at Athelstan . |
| 16 | Cotton mills were built and worked at Airton and Kirkby Malham : by the side of the path up Pikedaw Hill is the entrance to a disused lead-mine , while further up the dale is the old smelt mill chimney on Malham Moor . |
| 17 | She turned on the charm to all she met and grinned at cameramen , seeming to know instinctively when the best pictures were being taken . |
| 18 | Rachel too stopped and stared at Sybil . |
| 19 | Part cool technological fantasy — like the City 's macho high tec architecture ; part children 's tea party — jelly beyond ones wildest dreams ; part culinary icon — the associations of mixing bowl factory production line , and market stall symbolise the lives and concerns of the men , women and children who lived and worked at Spitalfields . |
| 20 | Fran turned and glared at Luke , feeling her heart thudding painfully when he smiled with an easy charm that sent little tingles shooting down her spine . |
| 21 | The woman turned and stared at Juliet . |
| 22 | Erika turned and stared at Karl 's face , crimson with laughter , horror dawning in her violet eyes . |
| 23 | He turned and stared at Corbett and the clerk glimpsed madness dancing in his eyes . |
| 24 | He turned and yelled at Hugh de Riveire and his men , who had launched on a private war at his back . |
| 25 | He turned and looked at Dinah lying on the bed , her shoes kicked off beside it , her hair out of its pins for comfort , her gown unlaced . |
| 26 | He turned and looked at Dorian Gray with the eyes of a sick man . |
| 27 | She wrote her name on the form ; then , as the wardress motioned her forward , she turned and looked at Aggie and the child , and with a quick gesture she thrust out her hands towards them . |
| 28 | But — ’ She turned and looked at Aggie as she ended slowly , ‘ But it was n't like the house we had in Durham . |
| 29 | Wildly she turned and looked at Nina , who gave an embarrassed laugh . |
| 30 | He finally turned and looked at Scott . |