Example sentences of "shirt [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LATE IN THE AFTERNOON Frankie found himself standing awkwardly by the kitchen door wearing polished shoes that pinched his toes and a shirt fastened at the neck with a large safety-pin . |
| 2 | The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press . |
| 3 | He was strolling down the steep narrow street towards the sea , his hands deep in his pockets and his shirt open at the throat , very pale and Londonish , looking about him with the fond , proprietorial air of an Englishman returning to a favourite spot abroad . |
| 4 | He looked very fresh and smart in a crisp white shirt open at the throat and charcoal-grey trousers , exquisitely cut . |
| 5 | A thin-faced man , balding , in a shirt open at the neck to reveal gold chains , a woman , obviously beautiful in spite of the quality of the photograph , with her hair tied under a scarf Princess Grace style , and another man with a look of the Mediterranean about him whose face was partially obscured by sunglasses . |
| 6 | He was in jeans and a white shirt open at the neck , the sleeves rolled up over powerful brown arms , and Jenna experienced an unexpected shiver as she remembered those arms holding her yesterday . |
| 7 | He was sweating slightly , overheated from the bath , his shirt open at the neck . |
| 8 | Footsteps , then the door opened : a man , fortyish , glasses , slim , dark , meticulously groomed ; tailored slacks , a silk shirt open at the neck and patent leather house shoes . |
| 9 | The day Vonetta came to my flat to talk to me , she was wearing jeans , a white camisole top , and a shirt tied at the waist . |
| 10 | The new shirt appeared at the start of the 1932–3 season , with another , more startling change — white sleeves . |
| 11 | The hijacker in the black shirt stood at the front of the plane and pointed his gun at the passengers . |