Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 He went back , took a hoe from inside the door of his house and stabbed furiously at the cabbage patch , trying to rearrange the furrows in neat order .
2 Kicking her shoes off , she rested her head on an antimacassar and gazed up at the chandelier .
3 In the thirty-foot-long , dark-panelled bedroom , she lay upon the Jacobean four-poster bed and gazed up at the crimson brocade canopy .
4 She climbed out of the ‘ speeder and gazed up at the darkening sky .
5 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
6 She sat quite still , the little book in her lap and gazed up at the pale candle flame , hardly seeing it , so busy was her inward eye upon the scenes that had held her in thrall for two hours or more .
7 He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke .
8 She dropped her head back to relieve the tension in her neck , and gazed up at the rigging .
9 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
10 She finished her coffee , and gazed up at the hillside , where Rafaelo 's white villa caught the sun , and his growing vegetables and vines lay in neat terraces up the hill .
11 " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full .
12 He stopped , confused , by the bus stop opposite the Protestant Truth Society , and gazed unseeingly at the list of routes .
13 He puffed furiously on his pipe and gazed dreamily at the ceiling .
14 A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome .
15 The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall .
16 Pulling himself wearily to his feet , he walked to the window , drew aside the curtain and gazed out at the blackness .
17 She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
18 With some deliberation , he withdrew his arms from under the bedclothes and gazed tiredly at the backs of his hands .
19 Katherine lay on the bed which had become hers and gazed blankly at the ceiling .
20 The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk .
21 We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats .
22 He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling .
23 ( In a letter to the Zoological Society written on 10 May and read out at the scientific meeting in London on 8 October , Gould described 19 new species , 13 of which he stated he had received from Dr Bynoe of the Beagle . )
24 So I got on the Greyhound Bus for a six-hour ride to Washington and checked in at a cheap hotel opposite the bus depot .
25 after a swift , furtive glance at them , jumped the ditch on the other side of the lane and made off at a run over the fen .
26 He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter .
27 They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt .
28 He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes .
29 We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’
30 Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method .
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