Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped and looked at each other and James laughed . |
| 2 | We stopped and looked at each other , then shook hands . |
| 3 | Look at that time Louise 's boy-friend — the miner 's son from Wales — met him , and how they argued and snarled at each other , and we were all against G.P. for being so contemptuous about working class people and working-class life . |
| 4 | They hacked and sliced at one another till there was no meaning left , only a confusion of bloodthirsty syllables spelling out absurdity . |
| 5 | When he waved or smiled at those he knew , they turned away , as if they did n't know him . |
| 6 | Vera did not eat anything while we talked but sipped at some of her excellent black coffee and smoked endless cigarettes . |
| 7 | Ur was amongst the cities they conquered and sacked at this time . |
| 8 | He looked and looked at that cake . |
| 9 | The fund managers have said that any investors who have suffered because they bought or sold at incorrect prices will be compensated . |
| 10 | Whereas er in erm a factory , I believe , they would have had to have er the rooms whitewashed , colourwashed or whitewashed at certain times , we were n't bound up with any regulations , then . |
| 11 | Almost all the media coverage would be about her and Charles , how far apart they stood , whether they spoke or looked at each other . |
| 12 | Eva spoke or sang at all three funerals . |
| 13 | Where characters appeared and disappeared at random , and the plot was therefore ever-changing and never got anywhere . |
| 14 | Myeloski shrugged and sat at one of the desks . |
| 15 | They could be seen in constant arguments in every European court , as in the past , about the relative positions of diplomats on formal and even informal occasions , their placing at table at meals where more than one was present , the precise way in which they were conducted to their first audience with the ruler to whom they were accredited , when and whether they stood or sat at such audiences , the precise moment when they or the ruler removed their hats , and a variety of such tremendous niceties . |
| 16 | For a moment they simply stood and stared at each other , then Paige stepped back . |
| 17 | And there , a mile apart , the two armies sat and looked at each other . |
| 18 | Juliet and David sat and looked at each other . |
| 19 | Graham looked back at him , and for a moment they sat and stared at each other . |
| 20 | We sat and stared at each other , Sayeeda and 1 . |
| 21 | ‘ We both ended up on the bench and since neither of us were very happy , we just sat and moaned at each other ! |