Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , I fell on the gravel , severely grazing my knee and , what was worse , ruining one of my two pairs of stockings — nasty rayon objects which sagged at the knees and cost precious clothing coupons . |
| 2 | I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way . |
| 3 | They held Grimma in awe because of the way she shouted at the men and read better than anyone . |
| 4 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
| 5 | Finding nothing , it lashed at the walls and screamed in fury . |
| 6 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
| 7 | A sixty-foot tree , a gift from the people of Stockholm in recognition of the hospitality shown to Swedish seamen during the war , arrived at the Docks and was ceremoniously welcomed by the Lord Mayor . |
| 8 | The scullions sweated and ducked at the spits and bake-ovens built around the exercise ground for the clan to feast . |
| 9 | Her daughters were also charming with their big dark eyes and exuberantly glossy hair and breasts rising like pomegranates , and they giggled in amazed delight when Perdita swore and yelled at the grooms and even screamed at their father . |
| 10 | I stood beside him while he cursed at the keys and thumped the side window . |
| 11 | Lady Amelia glanced at the Sub-prioresses and shrugged . |
| 12 | Snizort glanced at the others and saw in each of them , now , faintly but definitely the unmistakable traces of their lineage . |
| 13 | He just sort of glanced at the photos and then carried on talking . |
| 14 | He flexed at the knees and rose slowly . |
| 15 | Eventually a Cun bowed and indicated for his brethren to follow him ; the others snarled at the Galks and walked away . |
| 16 | When the specimen was loaded in a testing machine the edges were stressed as much as the middle and so cracks started at the edges and spread inwards across the material in the usual way . |
| 17 | Wrapped in lace and linen , they stared at the women and girls forbidden to enter the sanctuary . |
| 18 | The sentry picked up the tags , stared at the photos and at our faces . |
| 19 | In the Kensington exchange a group of Telecom engineers and police officers stared at the monitors and listened to the rage coming down the line ; at Cork Street , beneath the pavements of smart Mayfair , four men from MI5 were rooted in their chairs , motionless as the anger poured out of the speaker into the room and the tape-deck wound silently round and round . |
| 20 | The boy stared at the notches and gnarls in the trunk of the oak , afraid to face the voice , terrified at the prospect of looking upon the Almighty . |
| 21 | I would prefer it if er we looked at the criteria and the policy itself , but take useful information from this if if need be . |
| 22 | In 1967–68 , the Council 's Training Panel looked at the problems and set up two sub-committees to be concerned with the practical training element of sandwich courses in arts and social studies , and in science and technology . |
| 23 | Alexander looked at the stars and shifted from foot to foot . |
| 24 | Now we looked at the graphs and that should dictate in general that demand will go down . |
| 25 | I looked at the posters and the photographs . |
| 26 | Too tired to be surprised by anything , Nenna looked at the davits and saw that the dinghy must have been lowered away already . |
| 27 | They ate with a shared teaspoon out of the tin and she looked at the sardines and condensed milk now exposed between John Donne and Rosa Luxemburg . |
| 28 | Alex looked at the objects and said ‘ None ’ . |
| 29 | Sometimes he looked at the clouds and wondered what percentage ashes they were . |
| 30 | Jack looked at the blankets and said nothing . |