Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Neil avoided looking at a bridling McAllister , particularly when Mrs Darrell went on to say , still in the same shriek , ‘ Hope she 's honest , Neil . |
| 2 | Eleanor started hinting at an affair . |
| 3 | Donna sat looking at the box for long moments . |
| 4 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 5 | Markby sat glowering at the gas fire which had dulled its bright flames and hissed in a soft insistent way . |
| 6 | Mum and Dad were all tight and not saying much and Annie just chatted away to me in the back and Simon kept licking at the suitcase like it was a bone or summat . |
| 7 | The American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote standing at a tall refrigerator — a chair and table being too cramped for the big mountain man — and he dropped unnumbered sheets , each with a few scrawled words , into a cardboard box at his feet . |
| 8 | Zen stood staring at the younger man in considerable embarrassment . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Maggie stayed sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 10 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 11 | Parents at Holyrood , which accepts large numbers of youngsters through placing requests because of its good academic record , believe that Strathclyde condones overcrowding at the school and resent it . |
| 12 | ‘ Wayne suggests playing at the top level is what matters . |
| 13 | The servants brought platters of over-cooked , rather rancid meat , garnished with herbs , and once they withdrew and the wine circulated , Melford began talking at the top of his voice about sending boys to do men 's work . |
| 14 | Lambarde continued living at the Palace until 1598 and during this time he maintained and kept in repair the buildings . |
| 15 | Lou began fulminating at the injustice of it all . |
| 16 | " Your bruise does n't look so good , " Sara said looking at the dark swelling on his cheek bone . |
| 17 | Gabriel remained standing at the top of the steps : Garvey told him to do so . |
| 18 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 19 | Jenna lay looking at the sky , breathing in the smell of the grass and smiling to herself . |
| 20 | Abu Khadra remembered stopping at a gas station and finding three bullet holes in his car from snipers . |
| 21 | No Botham and no Larkins , but Dean Jones sat champing at the bit and it will be a great pity if he is prevented from emptying the nearby chemistry laboratories with the prospect of his thrilling strokeplay . |
| 22 | I wonder whether the same view would apply if Neil Young or Van Morrison came knocking at the door . ’ |
| 23 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 24 | Baird started cooking at The Ritz on Piccadilly , London , under Michael Quinn in 1982 . |
| 25 | The Wisharts resumed their reading , Mrs Wishart kept glancing at the old lady — she could n't help admiring her dress , it was so Victorian and really out of place in 1945 . |
| 26 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |
| 27 | Jasper stood looking at the bell rope which came out of a small square aperture at what was the base of the campanile . |
| 28 | Miss Bedwelty stood staring at the horses for some time , standing with her hand on her hips . |
| 29 | Merrill stood staring at the portrait , too stunned to deal with the battery of questions that bombed her brain . |