Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order . |
| 2 | " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full . |
| 3 | He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes . |
| 4 | He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling . |
| 5 | A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome . |
| 6 | The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall . |
| 7 | With some deliberation , he withdrew his arms from under the bedclothes and gazed tiredly at the backs of his hands . |
| 8 | Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling . |
| 9 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 10 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 11 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |
| 12 | We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’ |
| 13 | With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter . |
| 14 | He put on his glasses , walked over to the windows , and peered closely at the titles of the books . |
| 15 | One or two of the braver spirits moved closer to the road and peered across at the grass . |
| 16 | The latter 's delight and enthusiasm were such that he insisted that Nicholas should be sent to study at Oxford University and maintained there at the royal charge ; but a month later the youth died , on his twentieth birthday . |
| 17 | The six steel sheets were inserted into the two widest sides of the trench and bolted together at the top , forming a curved tunnel . |
| 18 | He drew the sword out and prodded again at the wizard , who was rigid with terror and guilt . |
| 19 | This one was thick and protuberant , and bent unexpectedly at the top : it looked like a cross between a penis and a corkscrew , and the little group looked at it as if wondering who would dare be first to point this out . |
| 20 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 21 | It was virulent and hate-filled and directed entirely at the people beneath them . |
| 22 | How he must have stared through the grid at freedom , and squinted hopelessly at the waxed wingnuts securing the gate of his oubliette . |
| 23 | And then — ’ he ran a harsh finger along the gash in his nose , and gestured impatiently at the paper in her hand ‘ — the rug gets pulled out from underneath me . ’ |
| 24 | Lacuna interrupted him , and gestured wildly at the screens . |
| 25 | A crow perched on it while they watched , and poked hopefully at the sockets . |
| 26 | She clattered back to her office and pounded away at the audio letters for an hour and a half , broken only by a trip to the kitchen for coffee . |
| 27 | She folded her arms and frowned briefly at the memory . |
| 28 | Killion felt her watching , and sawed clumsily at the bird . |
| 29 | But the 25year-old , who can earn a reported £5,000 a day , fled barefoot and arrived later at the Speke home of her grandparents , Bill , 80 , and Irene , 72 . |
| 30 | No , they ran across the top of the water and hammered desperately at the air with their wings and then , just when it was obvious they were n't going to achieve anything , they suddenly did ; the water dropped away and there was just the slow creak of wings pulling the goose up into the sky . |