StringNet search result

Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man .
2	And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness .
3	Deliberately , he lifted the photograph and flung it at the fireplace .
4	The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them .
5	She drew in deeply and exhaled through her nose , then snapped the cigarette briskly from her mouth and pointed it at him with a flourish .
6	I made contact with Sheringham through an agent and met him at a hotel .
7	Eva also insisted on Dad improving the service : she got him to consult esoteric library books early in the morning before work and asked him at breakfast , in a voice which must once have enquired of Charlie if he 'd done his technical-drawing homework , ‘ And what did you learn this morning ? ’
8	In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls .
9	I remember when Mike was a baby and I went home with my shopping and left him at the check-out in Sainsbury 's .
10	They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance .
11	But as more unwanted probings prodded , she was set to seriously wonder if indeed it was good enough to have called at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and left it at that .
12	Farouk capped his pen and pointed it at her .
13	She picked up a Biro off his desk and levelled it at him .
14	And now she did what she had promised herself she would do , and lifted her foot and aimed it at the nun 's shin .
15	He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said .
16	The real Susan Bishopric raised her deserved award and swung it at her head .
17	Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl .
18	It was all she had left now , so she had thanked her sister and left it at that .
19	Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home .
20	As Kopyion walked towards him , Carlson ordered him to stop , aimed his weapon and fired it at the general 's shoulder .
21	Deems raised the MPRP weapon and pointed it at Cley 's face .
22	As he dumped his case in the pleasant bedroom , lifted the lid and left it at that , he reflected .
23	I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time .
24	I withdrew the muzzle of the trusty Smith and Waistcoat from Johnny 's nose and pointed it at his forehead .
25	The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle .
26	She had drawn her fair hair high into an elaborate plait down the back of her head and fastened it at the bottom with a wide tortoiseshell clasp : it looked distinguished and competent , but nowhere near cuddly .
27	Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely .
28	He crawled out of the trench and joined me at the gun .
29	Then Nour turned and saw us , and he leapt from his chair and took a cup of coffee ready-poured and threw it at the cat , who was near my foot , so that my foot was covered in coffee and the cat fled .
30	He instantly took in that I brought bad news and steered me at once into the noisy outside coupling space between the dayniter and the central dining car .