Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held out her arms and tried desperately to grab at Jones 's reins , but three quarters of a ton of racehorse hit her head-on at nearly forty miles an hour and the three went down in a heap . |
| 2 | Dot tried not to look at Gloria 's face . |
| 3 | He broke off , blushed and tried not to look at Jilly Jonathan . |
| 4 | I turned back to Lloyd and tried not to look at Beeby 's legs . |
| 5 | Lesley was a devoted family girl , but at 22 she moved off to live at Warrington , 15 miles away . |
| 6 | Hockney 's photographic collages have performed poorly in contemporary sales , but ‘ David Graves looking at Bayswater ’ ( lot 25 ) of 1982 sold above estimate at £11,000 . |
| 7 | ‘ I think you 'd better stay at home , ’ Otley cautioned . |
| 8 | Because , now Lyndsey joined it and he , he said like when he was eighteen he knew it all , and he says you were watching men of twenty who 'd just joined at training |
| 9 | Often , he came home exhausted at dawn and slept the whole of the day away . |
| 10 | A splashy Belle-epoque tableau literally bursting at the edges with tumbling patrons leaping from the stage , frantic dancers , several pairs of identical twins and top-hatted gentlemen consorting with masked beauties , it was most entertaining decoration , and seemed reasonably estimated at $100–150,000 , though it sold to an American collector ( widely believed to be Iris and Gerald Cantor ) for a stunning $650,000 ( £373,500 ) . |
| 11 | He did not mention meeting Constable when the latter came up to stay at Brathay in 1806 , where he stayed with the Hardens . |
| 12 | She listened without interrupting and was impressed with the way he had thought it through , his plans being laid before they 'd even landed at Manchester . |
| 13 | The challenge , from a unionist candidate in today 's local government elections , comes only days after people from the Falls and the Shankill joined together to protest at moves to cut jobs and operations at the hospital . |
| 14 | He turned back to look at Sorvino . |
| 15 | Marie turned back to look at Bella as she reached the door . |
| 16 | DeVore turned briefly to smile at Berdichev before returning his attention to the scene on the other side of the one-way mirror that took up the whole of one wall of the study . |
| 17 | Hotspur had withdrawn a step or two towards the door when he turned again to look at Iago . |
| 18 | He turned round to gaze at Cord Dillon , Deputy Director of the CIA . |
| 19 | About two weeks after Len Brayton 's visit to Sleightholmedale , George rode up to work at Aumery Park Farm . |
| 20 | A camera on the far side moved , swung in to stare at Michael Bridges , sitting on George 's right , and came so close that George could see inside its Cyclops eye to the movement of the focusing mechanism . |
| 21 | He glanced past C'zinsit at Jehan as he spoke , and raised his eyebrows as if seeking comment . |
| 22 | Mrs Joyce whistled in amazement and stepped back to look at Martha , her fists now buried in her wobbling hips . |
| 23 | ‘ Not much trouble here — ’ he began then shouted at Lucy , ‘ Get back from the edge ! ’ |
| 24 | He swung round to look at Tallboy and raked him up and down with his eyes . |
| 25 | That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been in this part of the country before , remember , ’ he broke off to explain at Isabel 's surprised stare . |
| 27 | Frantic attempts to have my bags recalled came to nought and by half-past-one the Taiwan Timberland lookalikes hit deep slush at Torino after a salivating glimpse of Monte Bianco and blanketed environs a few feet to the left wingtip. 10 December must have been a great day for skiing . |
| 28 | So their own minister held a service at the station , and the agent gave them a good dinner cheering them on in Gaelic , at which they wept , and they went on to settle at Moosomin , where they lived happily ever afterwards . |
| 29 | Then he went on gazing at Thérèse , voluptuous in flowered chintz and blue ribbons . |
| 30 | I can drive a tractor , ’ he said , and went on to speculate at length on the possibilities of the English dole . |