Example sentences of "and [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means instead the end of childhood and freedom , the beginning of a new life as a slave and chattel at the bottom of a hierarchy in someone else 's family . |
| 2 | She felt infantilised by them , but also felt bitterly that they were not fair , and she was bored and frightened at the thought of remaining bored all her life . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Gabriel , both excited and frightened at the prospect . |
| 4 | She was staring wide-eyed and frightened at the supper room 's open doorway which , like a proscenium arch , framed the Highland dancers and , quite suddenly , now also framed her lover . |
| 5 | These are wrapped around the ball and fastened at the top with a collar through which passed a wire ring for suspension or to pass round the wrist . |
| 6 | Another design that was to remain a firm favourite was the waterproof snow boot — fur-lined , with suede on the outside and fastened at the front or side with a zip . |
| 7 | An arm was slipped under her shoulders , lifting her ; then something was wrapped round her and fastened at the throat . |
| 8 | Corbett and Ranulf , riding abreast , stopped and gazed at the chaos . |
| 9 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 10 | She bent closer to the painting and gazed at the master 's signature . |
| 11 | Bragg looked up angrily , then walked to the window and gazed at the church tower beyond . |
| 12 | She braced herself and gazed at the compass , silently begging the needle to stop wavering to and fro . |
| 13 | He sighed and gazed at the cello . |
| 14 | Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body . |
| 15 | He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame , letting it mesmerize him into memory . |
| 16 | A low drone of talk hummed in the hut , and Holly lay on his back on his bunk and gazed at the roof rafters and counted the time between each fall of a water drop to his feet . |
| 17 | He lit a cigarette and gazed at the page of his book until the printed words ceased to dance about . |
| 18 | And gazed at the cross |
| 19 | Jitters leaned close and spat at the cowboy . |
| 20 | ‘ Go and sit at the table . |
| 21 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 22 | Look we have got special bread now come on and sit at the table with us , |
| 23 | Protestantism 's strength and influence at the end of the nineteenth century is even harder to assess than that of Roman Catholicism , because of its diversity . |
| 24 | Status of all rooms , including those ready for use , can be displayed and adjusted at the Hotel Manager workstation . |
| 25 | Bradford , for all the Italian wine and canapes at the mill 's art gallery , looked like a dank study by Hockney 's northern predecessor L.S.Lowry . |
| 26 | For his pains , he was treated disrespectfully by guest players and placed at the centre of the most distasteful charade ever seen on an English first-class cricket field . |
| 27 | She tripped , and tottered at the edge of the kerb . |
| 28 | In 1978 he left and briefly practised at the Bar and taught at the City of London Polytechnic and the University of East Anglia . |
| 29 | Nathan passed through the curtain and stopped at the top of the steps . |
| 30 | Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs . |