Example sentences of "they [vb past] at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Here we are , ’ she said when they arrived at her close . |
| 2 | The noise of wheels on uneven roads mingled with the voices of the elite as they alighted at their respective destinations and made their slow and stately way into the houses which had lights in every room from attic to cellar . |
| 3 | They stared at his red face blankly . |
| 4 | Discomfited , they stared at his heaving shoulders . |
| 5 | They looked at her pale , dreaming face and said nothing . |
| 6 | No longer were they able to allow for unforeseen problems so they looked at their traditional contracts for any opportunity for reimbursement of additional costs . |
| 7 | The bird was tough and stringy but they tugged at its smoky burnt flesh with a ravenous appetite . |
| 8 | But they stood at their rickety table in the cold gathering signatures . |
| 9 | Cromer cherished the thought that he ‘ remained more or less hidden [ and ] pulled the strings ’ , and proclaimed his contempt for publicity ; yet it was he of whom the fellahin sang as they laboured at their immemorial tasks . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's something wrong with this house , ’ Hugh said when they sat at their muted dinner . |
| 11 | They sat at their favourite table overlooking a pond to one side , covered with clusters of red and white water-lilies in full bloom , and the sea on the other . |
| 12 | They nosed at their deep straw , sampled the hay , straddled out their legs and peed , then settled their noses into the food buckets , which Mr Bean and Nutty between them had prepared . |