Example sentences of "and marvelled [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | As a small boy , growing up in Liverpool , I stood at the Pier Head and marvelled at the huge Atlantic liners berthed at the world 's largest floating landing-stage . |
2 | All the quality papers led with an assessment of Too Long a Winter , and marvelled at the astonishing life led by this old lady with the gleaming white hair in that frozen lonely Yorkshire dale . |
3 | Poking his head out from the cab , to get a little cooling draught , he noticed that they were about to enter a long deep cutting and marvelled at the way the cutting must have been cut through almost solid rock . |
4 | After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture . |
5 | Behind them twenty-eight rank and file Lionisers exclaimed and marvelled at the quaint harbour beneath them , their thoughts torn between Dickens and murder . |
6 | She also taught PT and games at the local evangelical school , which has a special place in her affections ; she watched its roll of pupils rise from 100 to 1,000 , and marvelled at the harmony that prevailed among children from the different warring factions . |
7 | Tony stared up at the stage and marvelled at the charisma that surrounded the young man . |