Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 2 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 3 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 4 | His fingers came out and hovered at the side of her head . |
| 5 | Her mother came out and stood at the gate waving until Caro had walked out of sight , and Caro had to force herself not to run to escape that imploring cloying gaze . |
| 6 | you 've used a triangular bandage to cover a wound in the scalp , it 's not a chopping block wound right , it 's not the chopper in its wound right , it 's just a minor wound in the scalp , yes , and that came round and tied at the front , tucked at the back , you used these roller bandages to cover a graze or a wound on the end of an elbow or a knee or the hand , foot and then a straight one up the arm okay , so a lot of your bandaging is using these little roller bandages with the lint pad and do n't forget when you get into the exam do it , do n't do it the wrong way round , remember that you look at your bandage and you put the lint onto the wound , not the other way round right , yeah , you put the lint face down onto the wound , okay ? |
| 7 | He turned over and stared at the sky . |
| 8 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 9 | Startled faces turned as they sang , then turned back and looked at the pulpit . |
| 10 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 11 | He turned round and looked at the sea of faces . |
| 12 | Then on another shot , he had a POW on the drill , who turned round and waved at the camera crew , so that was scrubbed out and done again . |
| 13 | A woman walked in and sat at the middle of the counter — Maxim had chosen the furthest end . |
| 14 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 15 | Carey swung the rod out for a cast , and Ellwood tore it from his grip , then stepped back and lashed at the priest , holding the rod two-handed , bellowing with outrage . |
| 16 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 17 | Finlayson walked around and looked at the damage from the other side . |
| 18 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |
| 19 | I was in charge of weekly wages and organized shifts and hours , as well as keeping a check on the quantities of tomatoes brought in and weighed at the entrance of the factory . |
| 20 | At last she looked up and smiled at the cat 's owner . |
| 21 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 22 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 23 | Riven lay back and stared at the ceiling . |
| 24 | He leaned back and stared at the window . |
| 25 | CLIVE SPUN around and collapsed at the same time , heaving from his shoulders in a spasm which threw Nina off his back . |
| 26 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 27 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 28 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 29 | He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw . |
| 30 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |