Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come down with me and dance at the Casablanca Club . |
| 2 | If Agrippa gave an order they obeyed with alacrity , but sometimes I caught them watching me and shuddered at the amusement in their icy , pale-blue eyes . |
| 3 | I held my ticket tightly to me and smiled at the thought . |
| 4 | ‘ And a gardener-handyman , ’ said Charlotte , her eyes following the vigorous heave and surge of the mole-brown water as it tore down past them and ripped at the curve of the bank , lipping half across the trodden right of way . |
| 5 | Perhaps your secretary or some other intelligent person can sit alongside you and jot down , unobtrusively , the main points made by other speakers and indicate who is speaking so that you can look at them and glance at the notes alternately . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , thrusting the book at him and pointing at the entry . |
| 7 | ‘ Better than your eyesight , ’ said the old woman , standing next to him and looking at the grey in his hair . |
| 8 | He took the seat to which Carson had gestured him and glanced at the message slip . |
| 9 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 10 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 11 | Cranston and Athelstan pushed by him and hammered at the great gate . |
| 12 | She fetched antiseptic and some cotton wool , then bent towards him and dabbed at the place , a pose that brought their heads close together . |
| 13 | Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre . |
| 14 | She took it from him and sipped at the sweet sherry , reminded by its taste that he bought it specially because she did n't like sweet sherry . |
| 15 | But the rest of his appeal was lost as Erika pushed past him and stood at the end of the bus , well aware that Paul would rather postpone his appeal than stand the two slow lurching miles to the club . |
| 16 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 17 | An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat . |
| 18 | Dada took the book from her and looked at the first page . |
| 19 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 20 | She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . |
| 21 | He had moved past her and stood at the foot of a soaring staircase , hands on his hips . |
| 22 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 23 | She sat down in front of it and looked at the half-page she had typed that morning . |
| 24 | He opened it and looked at the video tape cassette inside . |
| 25 | The Aldershot method erm because it showing you how you broke that subject down allows you to erm introduce it expand on it and summarise at the end . |
| 26 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 27 | Springing up , he took two steps across to it and peered at the glazed array of schoolboy faces . |
| 28 | He moved between us and looked at the bowls of deep colour , and little puffs of red and yellow dotted about the draining-board to dry . |