Example sentences of "and [verb] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Design Standards for this section will be similar to those for the Colinton Section consisting of dual two-lane carriageways with a central reservation and verges at the shoulders . |
| 2 | Owen Glendower , lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Cynllaith , and master of most of North Wales , came south that June into central Wales , his raiding parties materialising like shapes of flashing , thundery sunlight out of the rains and mists of the hills , and eating at the borders of the Mortimer lordships in Radnorshire . |
| 3 | There were three or four cinemas round here — I stood and gazed at the pictures outside and thought , ‘ Space , cowboys and sex . |
| 4 | Jimmy pulled away again and joined Gilbert and Frye at the windows . |
| 5 | He drove off slowly and stopped at the lights . |
| 6 | His thick , almost grey hair appeared to be worn without a parting and stopped at the lobes of his ears . |
| 7 | Suddenly one of the Zimbalan bodyguards shouted a warning and lunged at the photographers . |
| 8 | Or side by side and touching at the hips , |
| 9 | Eventually she 'll learn that you are powerless and laughs at the smacks |
| 10 | Or was it the heavy rain slapping against the windows , the wind 's eerie message as it whistled down the chimney and flickered at the flames that had begun to lick about the new-laid logs ? |
| 11 | He remembered the ancient and persistent belief that once any living creature has walked in the Black Fields of Sorcery and dined at the tables of the Lords of the Dark Ireland , he is for ever lost to the true Ireland . |
| 12 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 13 | The human growled behind its gag and strained at the wires . |
| 14 | While they were eating , a woman who had a bad name crept into the room and knelt at the feet of Jesus . |
| 15 | Not only does it discredit the emphasis on ‘ partnership ’ between Central Government and the faith communities which has been highlighted by the recent establishment of the Inner Cities Religious Council ( and re-emphasised at the meetings which you attended in Bradford on May 21st and Kirklees on October 27th ) but it also means that church and other faith communities will be less likely to play their full part in the implementation of other aspects of Government policy such as the forthcoming Community Care changes which will require the use of local premises , volunteers etc . |
| 16 | As the dragoons beside the cannon prepared to advance , the Highlanders dashed forward and slashed at the horses ' noses , which sent the unfortunate animals , maddened with pain , into headlong retreat , scattering the supporting line behind them . |
| 17 | The cat was white , a Suristani with a prehensile tail , and it hung from the lower branch of one of the trees and slashed at the dogs which were clustered below . |
| 18 | Sybil picked up the telephone and dabbed at the buttons with a well-scrubbed finger . |
| 19 | This system was devised not just with political but with military arrangements in view , and this is another way in which city and countryside were brought together : the demes and trittyes were often arranged along , and clustered at the ends of , the strategic highways of Attica , thereby making for easy mobilization , with the agora of Athens as the place of muster . |
| 20 | This chapter discusses the notion of planning , examines different approaches to planning and looks at the changes in attitudes to planning that have taken place . |
| 21 | He picks up his empty beer glass and looks at the drops moving on the bottom . |
| 22 | She examines the connection between the curriculum and the deviance of boy and girl pupils and looks at the possibilities of combating sexist curricula . |
| 23 | Joyce Nelson assesses the performance of the teacher in the living-room and looks at the lessons being taught . |
| 24 | Morton crossed to the bookcase and peered at the volumes . |
| 25 | Sybil and Melissa mounted what had once been an imposing flight of steps flanked by tall white pillars and peered at the labels alongside the row of bell-pushes in a corroding brass frame affixed to the wall beside the front door . |
| 26 | He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations . |
| 27 | A crowd gathered and shouted at the police , provoking another baton charge which forced them down towards Butcher Gate and the Bogside . |
| 28 | And he started thumping the sand and wailing at the seagulls — real Play for Today stuff — and an elderly couple who were listening to a radio behind a wind-break looked quite alarmed . |
| 29 | It also falls into disrepute with the support teachers themselves who become frustrated and disillusioned at the obstacles they face and fear that the children are losing out . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose the humans or whatever knew they would be coming back , and I 've been up and looked at the controls and , you know , it 's probably easier than the truck was , only of course there 's these extra levers for the hydraulics , but that should n't be a problem if there 's enough fuel , which … ’ |