Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan hid his disappointment and gazed despondently at Cranston . |
| 2 | He stopped speaking and gazed hard at Corbett and then continued quietly , almost as if he was talking to himself . |
| 3 | Ruth sipped her drink and gazed across at Steve who was happily engrossed in their latest project , a presentation for one of the largest computer software companies in the UK , offering their salesmen lavish holidays in lavish Majorca in exchange for lavish rises in sales . |
| 4 | Cranston let out a sigh , shook his head and gazed appealingly at Athelstan . |
| 5 | Athelstan rubbed his mouth with his thumb and gazed directly at Cranston 's sorrowful face . |
| 6 | He paused and winked surreptitiously at Chuck to emphasize his innuendo . |
| 7 | Peptides were added to lysates of 35 S-methionine-labelled cells and incubated overnight at 4°C . |
| 8 | After the sections had been washed in PBS , a mouse monoclonal antibody against PCNA ( IgM isotype , clone 19A2 ; Camon , Wiesbaden , Germany ) was applied and incubated overnight at 4°C in a humid chamber . |
| 9 | He turned and rode straight at Richard . |
| 10 | The first essentials for any cloud flying in large cumulus are that the glider must be properly equipped for serious flying , and the pilot must be competent and experienced enough at instrument flying to be able to regain control from any attitude without having to use the airbrakes . |
| 11 | Dad had a regular and earnest young crowd of head-bowers — students , psychologists , nurses , musicians — who adored him , some of whom rang and visited late at night in panic and fear , so dependent were they on his listening kindness . |
| 12 | The so-called ‘ Palace Style ’ amphoras were at first made and used only at Knossos itself , which strongly suggests that they were made for the use of the ruling elite . |
| 13 | Rudd developed his junked BRM ‘ wing ’ car ideas and beavered away at Ketteringham Hall with his think tank — a team that included Peter Wright , an ex-BRM colleague who fathered active suspension — to produce the F1 Lotus 78 . |
| 14 | I used the PCW version and found little at fault , except , that the limitations imposed upon it by the hardware made it slow to operate . |
| 15 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 16 | He wore a priest 's cassock and clerical collar and seemed perfectly at home in the sacristy at the back of the church to which he 'd taken me . |
| 17 | They had been trained in their own callings — pilots , navigators , gunners and wireless operator 's — and came together at No 19 OTU Kinloss where they were to be trained on Whitleys . |
| 18 | Gurder rubbed his chin , and nodded thoughtfully at Pion . |
| 19 | There was nothing in the least bit objectionable about him , but he looked as though he had a computer where his heart was , and rushed home at night to plug in to a socket and recharge the batteries . |
| 20 | She worked in a language school in Oxford , and returned home at night with coffee and flowers from the covered market , and a fine little air of independence . |
| 21 | Plummer did n't see the joke and glanced irritably at Hitch , waiting until they calmed down . |
| 22 | Mandeville tapped the top of the table with his empty tankard and glanced accusingly at Santerre . |
| 23 | John smiled and glanced quickly at Ianthe , as if to see how she was taking it . |
| 24 | She stopped and glanced quickly at Edward . |
| 25 | Paige sipped at a cup of coffee and glanced across at Jonas . |
| 26 | Dorothy tossed her head to clear her long black hair from her eyes , and grinned elfishly at Isobel . |
| 27 | He turned around again and grinned weakly at Druellae . |
| 28 | The fellow squinted up and grinned conspiratorially at Ranulf . |
| 29 | Laughing still , he swept two men aside like straw wisps , took a gash in his left arm without noticing it , and sprang straight at Hector , axe raised to strike . |
| 30 | He turned and looked speculatively at Ajayi , who frowned at him and said , |