Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gratefully Gina covered her nakedness , marvelling at the strange circumstances in which she found herself . |
| 2 | Walking through her kitchen and cutting gardens at break-neck speed , marvelling at the weedless beds , and pyramids of purple clematis , the imposing topiary ( ‘ Russell [ Page ] used to tell me , ‘ Let them get fluffy and fabulous ’ ’ ) , Mrs Guest is in full flood : ‘ Oh , those chipmunks are wrecking my garden , ’ she declares , straightening a single toppled plant in an acreage of formidable order , and tugging nimbly at a lone weed . |
| 3 | Prototype units were designed at the international workshops and discussed and modified in the field for the APSP was far more decentralised than the Mathematics programme . |
| 4 | She had desperately scrambled at the shiny sides of the toilet-bowl as she slid into the water but to no avail . |
| 5 | Small holes were drilled at the appropriate places , to accept the pin of a large thumb-tack and the sleeve of my mechanical pencil . |
| 6 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 7 | They sat on the sofa and watched The Two Ronnies , laughing at the same jokes . |
| 8 | For here his father was , sitting down beside him , hugging and kissing him , taking his hand again and laughing at the silly terrors his little game had aroused in his son . |
| 9 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 10 | She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies ' College , Ormond College , and Melbourne University , where she studied philosophy and history ( BA 1903 ) . |
| 11 | J. H. Newsom ( later Sir John ) was born in 1910 and educated at the Imperial Services College and Queen 's College , Oxford . |
| 12 | Here you will delight at the colourful stalls , the friendly bantering and the mouthwatering produce . |
| 13 | The only thing out of place in their suburban show home is their sensitive young son , Michael , whose disturbing nightmares hint at the darker forces seething beneath its spotless surface … ’ |
| 14 | His ears pricked at the unmistakable tones of French officialdom . |
| 15 | Its aim , according to Vice-President Al Gore , is to " ensure that environmental considerations are brought to bear at the earliest stages in the development of economic policy " . |
| 16 | Sims took out a jeweller 's eyeglass and peered at the tiny negatives . |
| 17 | Loretta peered at the bare facts of Puddephat 's life . |
| 18 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 19 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 20 | He peered at the tangled convulsions in the Daemon card . |
| 21 | erm At the beginning of the social services committee meeting Mr moved a resolution which he previously moved at the social services planning sub-committee which listed most of the things which are presently in the the resolution but it started the social services accept the implication of the director of social services report on the future of the department 's elderly person 's homes erm , after some minutes of debate the er Democrats asked if the Tories would remove that phrase from the resolution and then tha the Democrats , the Liberal Democrats would vote for it the Tories of course er looking gift horses in the mouth as usual , said no and the the that resolution was lost . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think the same way as other designers , ’ he shrugs , shuddering at the billowing skirts , fussy bows and complicated ornaments that are characteristic of the set-piece ball gowns of the Paris couture . |
| 23 | Every year the New York New Music Seminar seems to throw up one track which first flattens the delegates revelling at the local hot-spots , then sends the record companies into chequebook-brandishing overdrive . |
| 24 | The first looks at the mixed feelings children have after they have disclosed . |
| 25 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 26 | Paul Levy 's new television series and book looks at the culinary ghosts of Christmas past and brings them up to the present day |
| 27 | Section 16.2 looks at the key institutions and their role in the UK financial system . |
| 28 | Margaret Heraty looks at the key recommendations |
| 29 | As we have seen , the entity-relationship approach looks at the major things of interest first . |
| 30 | Basically a picture book , it looks at the great collections of Schukin , Morozov and Costakis , reproducing the well known photos of the interiors of their homes , but is probably more interesting for the lesser-known contemporary names . |