Example sentences of "at they [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Elms looked at them rather disapprovingly and then turned back to Tealtaoich . |
| 2 | Humanism considered the most powerful or most noble within society to be the best readers and directed writing at them not exclusively because writers looked to this class for generous rewards or for some snobbish appeal . |
| 3 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 4 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 5 | With a shout , I ran at them as hard as I could . |
| 6 | I put my tongue out at them as far as it would go . |
| 7 | At the shop door they all stood around her , and she looked at them solemnly now and said , ‘ Thank you so much . |
| 8 | Mr Flood the butcher had looked at them very strangely as they walked up the street . |
| 9 | Each time she heard her name the girl stared at them more anxiously than ever , as if she wanted to speak , to excuse herself , but was too exhausted . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , as we were looking in , we started laughing at them so loudly that they heard us , and sent the dogs after us . |