Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] at the " 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 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 21 | He took another sip of whisky and gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling . |
| 22 | ( 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 . ) |
| 23 | They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt . |
| 24 | He stood at the urinal and peed fiercely at the white ceramic wall , streaked with rusty tear-stains from the corroding pipes . |
| 25 | We could have come over to Bruges in the evening and dined together at the Duc de Bourgogne . ’ |
| 26 | Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method . |
| 27 | When I take two and found out at the end of it there was a bit of erm Die Hard cos they 're a bit at this . |
| 28 | At the foot of the mound they halted and peered up at the statue , eerie under its glaze of ice , which stared sightlessly far above their heads . |
| 29 | With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter . |
| 30 | He put on his glasses , walked over to the windows , and peered closely at the titles of the books . |