Example sentences of "and [verb] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 32 | These people believe they are entitled to vent their frustrations by shouting , ranting , threatening and swearing at any person involved in a match because they pay their entrance money , and not suffer any reaction from the targetted individuals . |
| 33 | Remarks ( i ) The reader who feels both exhausted and cheated at this outcome ( if any such reader there be ) will perhaps comment : " What a waste of time . |
| 34 | The resort is only 20 years old and grabs at any chance for a celebrity to add sparkle to its budding image as the Florida of the Nineties . |
| 35 | Not only me , but poor Dave ( Paich ) too : we 'd just sit there and look at each other and go , ‘ This is wrong , ’ trying to get somebody to interpret our music . |
| 36 | Let us go and look at that tree . |
| 37 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 38 | ‘ And I would ask you , Mr Stevens , to turn around and look at that Chinaman . ’ |
| 39 | I 'll go and look at that potato thing and the meat and then I 'll see . |
| 40 | ‘ Let's go and look at that henhouse . |
| 41 | And I 've got ta try and look at some poetry . |
| 42 | ‘ Oh do shut up and look at these maps with me . |
| 43 | ‘ I need to go and look at this furniture for the house , ’ she admitted . |
| 44 | ‘ But the only way we can find that out will be to go and look at this mistletoe , and on the way you can tell me more about Miss Miggs . ’ |
| 45 | There was also mild throat-clearing as Mr Major strode off towards the largest car ferry in Europe with the words : ‘ Let's go and look at this boat ! ’ |
| 46 | Patrick you know where I would like to go and look at this thing we have |
| 47 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |
| 48 | One man was outside , two were sitting inside , the men were completely black , so black trousers , black hats and they had a black cape over it , over their faces so you could n't see who they were , and one of them just had this gun in his hand , and fired at this Citroen here located . |
| 49 | Dot did n't tell her that at school they already had hot and cold water and she could wash her hands and face at any time . |
| 50 | Bottlenose dolphins have a heart rate of 80–90 beats per minute just after ‘ blowing ’ , slowing within a few seconds to 33–45 beats per minute and remaining at that rate until the next blow . |
| 51 | It does not matter why a State has failed to become a party to a treaty , or whether it is eligible to become a party and intends at some time to do so . |
| 52 | They talked until the horses , squealing and nipping at each other , turned away to hurry purposefully across the field and stand afar , clouds of their breath plumed against the winter air . |
| 53 | Two goats will circle head to tail in a display of strength , tossing their heads and posturing and grunting at each other . |
| 54 | And frowned at each other , as ill-coordinated a double-act as Fanny and Johnny Cradock : it was hard to tell which one found the other most irritating . |
| 55 | The nurses cast an eye at his blood pressure and look at each other . |
| 56 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 57 | ‘ We need to consider it carefully and look at all aspects , ’ he added . |
| 58 | Yeah , and look at that snow |
| 59 | And look at that label ! ’ said Gloria . |
| 60 | ‘ Just come and look at these clouds — they 've got to be one of Nature 's perfect designs ! ’ |