Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 2 | Her words tailed off at the expression in his eyes . |
| 3 | BBC English plans a revised edition of the BBC English Dictionary every year but first the paperback edition ( itself revised ) , appears this month with the encyclopedic entries listed separately at the back . |
| 4 | His eyes narrowed dangerously at the undisguised sarcasm in her voice |
| 5 | His lips sucked eagerly at the golden liquid . |
| 6 | At the top a glass cocktail bar slowly revolved , and drinkers exclaimed gaily at the changing spectacle of industrial buildings under construction . |
| 7 | A man who was vaguely familiar was seated at the desk , his hair was grey and his eyes peered short-sightedly at the books before him . |
| 8 | Patrol cars drew up at the bottom of the steps . |
| 9 | Professor Connor , in a fascinating paper on computers in classical studies , claims that computers came just at the wrong time , at a time when scholar 's interests were moving from textual studies to critical theory , women 's studies and the like . |
| 10 | According to the foreign journalists camped out at the Intercontinental Hotel for weeks hoping for a simple soundbite from El Presidente , he was not seeing anyone . |
| 11 | The dog , after lapping a little water , went and sat down heavily beside him , eyes turned up at the portrait of itself thoughtfully , perhaps making a critical assessment of it . |
| 12 | Nor is it simply a matter of politics that most of the democratic dissident-led parties fared poorly at the polls . |
| 13 | Candy 's cornflower-blue eyes widened incredulously at the sacrilege . |
| 14 | About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners . |
| 15 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 16 | Ajayi looked up at the door to the winding-stair expecting to see an attendant , but the voice had come from behind her , and she could see Quiss 's face starting to turn red , his eyes widening , the lines around them spreading out further . |
| 17 | PARISHIONERS and clergy looked back at the past year on Sunday when Headley 's annual vestry and parish meetings were held at the Church Centre . |
| 18 | I like that Harrow School Song the kids sang yesterday at the breaking-up stunt , do n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | The Chelonian 's eyes stared vacantly at the roof of the tent . |
| 20 | And from the depths of the pool little yellow frogs stared up at the nomes . |
| 21 | Silver-gilt hair flowed behind her , clear eyes looked out at the world and her fresh skin was tinted with delicate colour . |
| 22 | Lloyd beamed and a couple of the Dennison brothers laughed dutifully at the in-joke which went over me . |
| 23 | CANDIDATES gathered anxiously at the Guildhall on Thursday to await the results of the Derry City Council election . |
| 24 | Following several crocodile attacks on the Zambezi , Erdnow Fantasy Products have now designed crocodile eyes aimed specifically at the intrepid paddler . |
| 25 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 26 | But she seemed unaware of it as her green eyes glared back at the man who had struck her . |
| 27 | One of soccer 's great trouble-shooters clocked in at the Cadbury 's chocolate factory where Rovers train but the last thing that greeted him was the sweet smell of success . |
| 28 | Her wide blue eyes swept up at the waiter as if considering him . |
| 29 | Fierce repression failed to eliminate the growing strength of the Social Democrats , and in 1887 , after decades of faction fighting , the groups came together at the Hainfeld Congress to form a single multinational party under the foremost Social Democrat , Victor Adler . |
| 30 | The Literary Lionisers gazed up at the most splendid Norman keep in England . |