Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead . |
| 32 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
| 33 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 34 | Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’ |
| 35 | I weep at the impending demise of my oldest and supportive friend ! |
| 36 | I glance at the front door : no one showing yet . |
| 37 | I glance at the wrought-iron gate : it 's a long way off . |
| 38 | Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street . |
| 39 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 40 | I stare at the muddied , warped little card sealed in a deal-sized plastic bag , recognising my own writing and feeling my mouth go even drier than it already is and I can only gibber something about , Well , it looks like my writing but , I mean , and anyway , somebody , anybody could have taken that , I mean … but they just look quietly pleased and the questions go on . |
| 41 | Over a hasty meal , I glanced at the Official Guide to County Meath , a gift from the manager . |
| 42 | I glanced at the answering machine in the corner and saw that the red light was glowing . |
| 43 | Once more I glanced at the large flour mill , temporarily closed , despite the addition of a new silvery turbine engine to take the place of water power . |
| 44 | We need the money , and from all I heard at the Gaudy , Somerville still deserves it . |
| 45 | He said I waved at the poor man like a loony . |
| 46 | I snarled at the inner voice . |
| 47 | When I worked at the General , doctor 's who shall be name less used |
| 48 | , I was seventeen , I worked at the Flying Horse . |
| 49 | I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime . |
| 50 | I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that . |
| 51 | And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine . |
| 52 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 53 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 54 | Erm , two possibles have come er h have appeared , both of whom er w say they would er , one is is an Appalachian dance group , called Just for Kicks , who I saw at the open |
| 55 | I stared at the innocent little square of foil on the counter . |
| 56 | I stared at the opposite wall . |
| 57 | I stared at the empty yard where Billingsley 's car had stood . |
| 58 | I stared at the skull-like face , the hollowed cheek bones , the red hair now combed smoothly back from the forehead . |
| 59 | Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear . |
| 60 | I stared at the sitting figure . |