Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 2 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 3 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 4 | She slammed back the driving seat and looked at the unfamiliar dashboard with all its foreign signals . |
| 5 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
| 6 | Dönitz adjusted his glasses , took the first sheet of paper from the file , opened his mouth and bawled at the microphone as though it was the furthest sailor on the longest parade ground in the Third Reich . |
| 7 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 8 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
| 9 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 10 | I lay there on the couch and shuddered at the very thought . |
| 11 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 12 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 13 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 14 | In 1880 he became a deacon of the Episcopal Church in Scotland ; in 1881 he was ordained priest and served at the church of St John the Evangelist , Edinburgh . |
| 15 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 16 | He went up on the left of me , sliced back in front of my car and dived at the inside of Niki from way too far back … |
| 17 | Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool . |
| 18 | The detective , whose name and rank have not been given , is a member of the Essex force and worked at the Brentwood office of the No 5 Regional Crime Squad , covering a large area of East Anglia and the South-east . |
| 19 | Maybe he needed some moral support : I jumped up onto the fence and glared at the woman . |
| 20 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 21 | One night , she got up and turned on the light and looked at the sweet , bland face of Jesus , the Light of the World , in the picture over the mantelpiece . |
| 22 | Snug fitting and elasticated at the waist . |
| 23 | The bear suddenly stopped eating and glared at the knight , its small , piggy eyes red with hatred . |
| 24 | Greg went out on the course with Laura about 11 PM and sat at the bleachers on the 18th with a bottle of champagne while he went over his round again . |
| 25 | When the sullen male attendant had ignored his request , the policeman had pulled out his warrant-card and shouted at the man , threatening him with everything including deportation . |
| 26 | The Weasel stepped up to the horse and peered at the dishevelled figure . |
| 27 | He shivered at the ‘ yip , yip ’ of a fox carried by the cool night wind and jumped at the screech of the huge bats which flickered up and down the castle walls . |
| 28 | In any case , most City people put politics to one side and looked at the nascent company as a simple business proposition . |
| 29 | When Edward III of England invaded France , John went to Philip 's aid and fought at the battle of Crecy where , as R.W. Seton-Watson describes it : ‘ giving the reins of his horse to two of his companions , and shouting the battle-cry of ‘ Prague' ’ , he charged into the thick of the fray and , blind as he was , soon went down fighting ( 26th August , 1346 ) . |
| 30 | The lean and agile don , in his open-necked shirt , stood on the window-sill and tugged at the casement to let in fresh air , cold Cambridge light . |