Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then he did not fight to recover his own hold on safety , but strained at his slipping grip on the man , dragging him outwards . |
| 2 | Steel doors rose at their rear ends and heavily ammed men dropped to the ground . |
| 3 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |
| 4 | In 1863 the 200-ton brig Comet sank at her Funchal anchorage , and in 1877 the schooner Patagonia went ashore near Ponta São Lourenço . |
| 5 | Again , as early as 1969 , it was Glenn Gould who , having seen some of the early Karajan/ Clouzot films of orchestral and choral music , rejoiced at their imaginative refutation of what he called the ‘ proscenium psychology ’ . |
| 6 | Mrs Alderley gazed stupefied at his rigid back . |
| 7 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 8 | He peered at her wet face . |
| 9 | Simpson peered at our two faces , scenting a row . |
| 10 | Her voice had grown jerky and breathless and she caught at his caressing hand . |
| 11 | The police officer gaped at his Swiss Police knife . |
| 12 | The proctologist hooted at his own wit before asking which of my father 's famous wives was my mother . |
| 13 | Meredith fumed at his liquefying eyes and the contemptuous curl of his sculpted mouth . |
| 14 | Buckmaster dabbed at his thin lips with his napkin . |
| 15 | Antonio roared at his own humour , joined by Christina and Stephen , while his wife stood silent . |
| 16 | She bridled at his autocratic tone . |
| 17 | SAS Institute Inc 's contribution to the proceedings will consist of five new component modules that will sit upon its base analysis and reporting software package , most already previewed at its European User conference in Vienna back in June ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 18 | Ruth nibbled at her coloured pencil . |
| 19 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 20 | Twoflower took out the golden disc that Rincewind had noticed before , squinted at its unseen face for a moment , muttered ‘ Thirty seconds should about do it , ’ and said brightly , ‘ Smile please ! ’ |
| 21 | She squinted at his sunstarred silhouette . |
| 22 | It 's your body , ’ she said , amazed at her good humour . |
| 23 | Is it important enough to drag him out of bed ? ’ she asked sarcastically , amazed at her inner strength . |
| 24 | She lay beneath him , shy again , amazed at her own feelings . |
| 25 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 26 | Ludens , amazed at his own emotion , found he was kneeling on one knee . |
| 27 | Padding across the shaggy lawn in her slippers , she was accompanied by a tortoise-shell cat which repeatedly darted at her pink pom-poms . |
| 28 | She decided not to see Phil and his band Genesis even though he 's a friend who played at her 30th birthday party in the Savoy Hotel and she has no engagements that evening . |
| 29 | Mrs Clamp nodded at her much-salted fish and sipped her tea . |
| 30 | Nothing memorable happened at their only meeting , in a Gloucestershire sanatorium , though Malcolm Muggeridge once remarked that he would have loved to see and hear them together , and it is still open to anyone to write an imaginary conversation of the event . |