Example sentences of "laughed at the " in BNC.

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1 She with , it 's true , Janey 's help , cooked , served , washed up , cleaned , drove us here , there and everywhere , the doctor , school , the dentist , up to London for nerve-racking bouts of clothes shopping , she had the Nigels to stay , and laughed at the J ills at the garage and I 'd 've died if she 'd found out about Paul .
2 My blonde self laughed at the people of my village .
3 The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’
4 It was very , very sad , thought I , as the army conscript across the road laughed at the prostitution of his country 's future .
5 Roirbak laughed at the absurdity of the image .
6 Though she laughed at the story and denied it completely , reporter Williams claimed to have a hypnotist 's receipt signed by Kylie .
7 He was aware of the controversial scene which had to be cut from the trailer and laughed at the problems it caused in the UK .
8 They laughed at the same things .
9 But from when she had been sixteen and had left the Dame School and stepped right into the home life above the shop , it had been borne into her that marriage was a humdrum affair : two people lived together , apparently happy , yet went their own ways , as shown by her parents ; they did n't think alike , yet they did n't argue ; they never laughed at the same things , nor did local or national events affect them in the same way .
10 I was so thankful she was well that I too laughed at the repartee .
11 Ron Roddan laughed at the memory .
12 She laughed at the very thought of it because she doubted it was possible because her conception of God was too small .
13 She laughed at the suspicion of jealousy in my voice .
14 Philip laughed at the simple practicality .
15 Our teenagers laughed at the suggestion that maybe dad could help .
16 Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home .
17 I laughed at the times people had used that sentence to me .
18 Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation .
19 Harris , who had been a cavalry trooper before a French cannonball had crushed his left foot at the battle of Corunna , laughed at the naivety of the question .
20 Harris laughed at the memory .
21 Certainly , each party laughed at the other .
22 Bernice almost laughed at the comical expression of shock that passed momentarily over Molassi 's normally impassive features .
23 She laughed and laughed at The Merry Wives of Windsor .
24 Groups of young men just off the tourist buses laughed at the pictures outside strip clubs , grabbing their own crotches and punching each other 's arms ; then they filed solemnly in .
25 Then she snatched a cigarette from a box , her hand shaking so much she laughed at the difficulty she had in lighting it .
26 She lay on her back and laughed at the sky .
27 The four police officers laughed at the irony .
28 Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals .
29 He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things .
30 After the rehearsal they all , Miranda too , went to the Adelphi tea-rooms , where they laughed at the décor : " Straight from the thirties , darling .
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