Example sentences of "and point to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Roth is right , however , to point to the limitations of the book , and to point to a law of Levi 's work in general : the less imaginary it is , the more imaginative — the more literal the better . |
| 2 | But , before she could stop herself , she was leaning forward and pointing to a couple of the sketches in particular . |
| 3 | The old man was sitting at table , the food lying before him untasted , when Rodrigo returned , and pointing to the head which hung from the horse 's collar , dropping blood , he bade him look up , for there was the herb which should restore to him his appetite . |
| 4 | I was passing over a hill when Idris drove past me , hooting , and pointing to the valley where he was obviously going to wait for me . |
| 5 | ‘ Go on , Hector ! ’ ordered Mr Beckenham , clicking his fingers and pointing to the door . |
| 6 | Then they were aware of something , out there beyond the benches , which they could sense moving silently in the mist , and though he strained to see it he could not quite catch the thing in one place , for it seemed to come ant go , larger than the bench and bin , looming nearer but not quite seen , dark and grey and pointing to the sky . |
| 7 | It depicts an outline map of Anglesey with airship SZ.234 superimposed , its trail rope hanging down and pointing to the location near Llangefni which is now part of RAF Mona . |
| 8 | He filled his pipe with tobacco , lit it and , puffing clouds of smoke , he walked away , turning round to shout , ‘ Demain , ’ and pointing to the cottage . |
| 9 | ‘ We must get all this ! ’ cried the young producer to his assistant , driving his Rover over the moors from Newcastle and pointing to the horizon . |
| 10 | ‘ No , Reggane , ’ I retorted , wishing to be sure and pointing to the plateau . |
| 11 | ‘ And do n't you nick that , ’ said Philip , ignoring the question and pointing to the flask . |
| 12 | Had Buksh taken the appropriate action on each occasion — a yellow card and pointing to the spot respectively — we might have been spared the subsequent skirmishing : |
| 13 | ‘ There ! ’ he said triumphantly , standing to one side and pointing to the ground . |
| 14 | Essentially , we were exploring subjective experiences of work and pointing to the fact that these experiences become objective reality . |
| 15 | Attending Sunday Mass each week , he began motioning to receive the eucharist by reaching toward the alter and pointing to the picture of Jesus adhered to his communication board . |
| 16 | Stalking through the dark rooms she would suddenly stop and point to a fireplace — ‘ William de Morgan , those tiles . |
| 17 | He stretched out an arm and pointed to a steam vessel going north . |
| 18 | She led the way into the drawing-room , and pointed to a pile of books and journals on the floor . |
| 19 | He showed her into another bare cubicle where two hatchet-faced men were scribbling , and pointed to a phone that lay scratched and bruised on the desk . |
| 20 | John Peter 's analysis described the elements of sexual guilt and misogyny in the poem , and pointed to a variety of literary allusions to pederasty and sodomy . |
| 21 | He held out the collar to the teacher with one hand and pointed to a picture of Koko with the other . |
| 22 | She led him down the side passage and pointed to a shelf . |
| 23 | Thomas turned and pointed to a fly crawling on the end of the table . |
| 24 | And the other silly beggar opened his mouth and pointed to a tooth you know . |
| 25 | ‘ De Craon is there , ’ Selkirk rasped and pointed to a figure at the centre of the galley just between the two masts . |
| 26 | ‘ Am I okay , here ? ’ she said , and Coco/Jeanette said , ‘ Sure , ’ and pointed to a place alongside her where Lucy could stand and see a part of the performance without any risk of being seen or getting in the way . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's that one ’ he said , and pointed to a Shusui . |
| 28 | She walked across the cobbles and pointed to a plaque set in the wall of the Library . |
| 29 | ’ Tam folded back the paper and pointed to the banner headline . |
| 30 | He opened the ‘ fridge door , which just missed grazing Dominic 's battered head , and pointed to the inside of the door near the egg compartment : it was defaced by a thin trail of minute splatters resembling blood . |