Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went up on the left of me , sliced back in front of my car and dived at the inside of Niki from way too far back … |
| 2 | I felt at the torn threads in my blouse and looked at the grazed skin underneath and shuddered , but I was all right and so was the tree . |
| 3 | I jumped up on to my bunk and looked at the others sitting around playing cards , arguing with each other or lying on their beds staring at the ceiling . |
| 4 | I sat in my flat and looked at the latest one . |
| 5 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 6 | I sat smoking my cigar and looked at the people around me . |
| 7 | The wind ruffled their fur and tugged at the grass , which smelt of thyme and self-heal . |
| 8 | The human growled behind its gag and strained at the wires . |
| 9 | Children abandoned their play and pointed at the Farangs . |
| 10 | Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool . |
| 11 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 12 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 13 | The dominant cultures have very often not understood their ways , have gaped at their nakedness and laughed at the rituals they do not understand . |
| 14 | In her parent 's garden in Brentwood , little Marisa Leicester stood beside her Optimist and smiled at the 30 cameramen . |
| 15 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 16 | Today Mary Letts hid her grief and appeared at a news conference in the hope it 'll help police catch her husband 's killer . |
| 17 | Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm . |
| 18 | Claudia sat behind her desk and looked at the date to which Myra had just drawn her attention . |
| 19 | She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed . |
| 20 | But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ? |
| 21 | She lay on her back and laughed at the sky . |
| 22 | Leonora turned on her back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 23 | Carol Jackson rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling , aware of the movement from the adjacent room and also of the perspiration that sheathed her body . |
| 24 | Christine squirmed in her chair and stared at the carpet . |
| 25 | Victoria turned over in her sleep and cooed at a dream . |
| 26 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 27 | She filled her plate and sat at a table by a window . |
| 28 | She opened her hand and looked at the two silver coins . |
| 29 | Barbara Porter looked up with a lipstick pencil in her hand and smiled at the Hinkle . |
| 30 | One night when the last streamers had shivered away against the dawn sky , leaving its heaven blue merely bland , she walked away from her colony and stood at the furthest tip of the ice sheet . |