Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benedict took the card and glanced at the name . |
| 2 | Dönitz adjusted his glasses , took the first sheet of paper from the file , opened his mouth and bawled at the microphone as though it was the furthest sailor on the longest parade ground in the Third Reich . |
| 3 | Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky . |
| 4 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
| 5 | He followed her , but stopped in the living room doorway and looked at the room . |
| 6 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 7 | She sat in her study and stared at the telephone . |
| 8 | In 1880 he became a deacon of the Episcopal Church in Scotland ; in 1881 he was ordained priest and served at the church of St John the Evangelist , Edinburgh . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | Then she got the photographs out of her handbag and looked at the view of the swimming-pool . |
| 11 | Maybe he needed some moral support : I jumped up onto the fence and glared at the woman . |
| 12 | Wandering out again like an unhappy ghost , she went into her workroom , turned on the light and stared at the bench . |
| 13 | Snug fitting and elasticated at the waist . |
| 14 | The bear suddenly stopped eating and glared at the knight , its small , piggy eyes red with hatred . |
| 15 | When the sullen male attendant had ignored his request , the policeman had pulled out his warrant-card and shouted at the man , threatening him with everything including deportation . |
| 16 | He shivered at the ‘ yip , yip ’ of a fox carried by the cool night wind and jumped at the screech of the huge bats which flickered up and down the castle walls . |
| 17 | When Edward III of England invaded France , John went to Philip 's aid and fought at the battle of Crecy where , as R.W. Seton-Watson describes it : ‘ giving the reins of his horse to two of his companions , and shouting the battle-cry of ‘ Prague' ’ , he charged into the thick of the fray and , blind as he was , soon went down fighting ( 26th August , 1346 ) . |
| 18 | The lean and agile don , in his open-necked shirt , stood on the window-sill and tugged at the casement to let in fresh air , cold Cambridge light . |
| 19 | Amanda Fergusson now rested her book on her lap and looked at the ceiling in alarm . |
| 20 | Malengin went back to the range and peered at the kettle . |
| 21 | Dickinson half-rose and screamed at the man but the plane lumbered on seeming to spread itself with deliberate stupidity right across his path . |
| 22 | She went to the window and looked at the sky . |
| 23 | Bragg looked up angrily , then walked to the window and gazed at the church tower beyond . |
| 24 | The driver leaned out of the window and shouted at the lad , sounded his horn twice , then drove on . |
| 25 | Poking his head out from the cab , to get a little cooling draught , he noticed that they were about to enter a long deep cutting and marvelled at the way the cutting must have been cut through almost solid rock . |
| 26 | She put them under her raincoat in the basket and looked at the receipt the chemist had handed her from the till ; there was no evidence that she had paid for these items . |
| 27 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 28 | Isabel wrenched her eyes away from fitzAlan and glared at the wall . |
| 29 | Claudia sat behind her desk and looked at the date to which Myra had just drawn her attention . |
| 30 | He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively . |