Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as she stretched out a hand to stroke the mare , Maldita moved even closer to Luke , flattening her ears and lashing out at Perdita protectively with a hind leg . |
| 2 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 3 | She shielded her eyes and stared up at him , and felt that peculiar shiver of awareness again . |
| 4 | I opened my eyes and looked up at Mick 's grinning face , leaning into the entrance to the trench . |
| 5 | Adam opened his eyes and looked up at Curly Top . |
| 6 | She opened her eyes and looked up at him . |
| 7 | He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand . |
| 8 | Vincent looked towards Lily , who raised her eyes and looked back at him sadly . |
| 9 | A little ashamed of losing her self-control so completely , she dashed a hand across her eyes and glared up at him . |
| 10 | He opened his eyes and gazed down at her face . |
| 11 | He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building . |
| 12 | I open my eyes and look down at Marie 's tummy . |
| 13 | He was given to these sudden spurts of activity , running ahead to hide among the bushes and jump out at her , leaping across puddles , rummaging for broken bottles and cans in the ditch and hurling them with a desperate intensity into the water . |
| 14 | Around Christmas people go into shops and break in at night for what they want . |
| 15 | He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed . |
| 16 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 17 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 18 | But he found the American rocking on his heels and smiling back at him engagingly , and the slow drawl of his address continued without pause . |
| 19 | The priest rested his elbows on his knees and looked down at the floor . |
| 20 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 21 | He stood at the bottom of the steps and looked up at her so fiercely that she stopped halfway down and felt quite uneasy , wondering exactly what she had done wrong . |
| 22 | Jezrael lurched stiffly to her feet and lumbered off at a run . |
| 23 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 24 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 25 | The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily . |
| 26 | Fulke shuffled his feet and looked down at the floor . |
| 27 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 28 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 29 | Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring . |
| 30 | In order to help people like Jeff Lockyer , the Oxfordshire money advice project has set up a Debtline which offers people advice on how to control their debts and pay back at a pace they can afford . |