Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reached the prison , at Riom , and an official tried to argue that they had no authority to remove the canisters , Jacques Allier took out a pistol and levelled it wordlessly at the bureaucratic face . |
| 2 | In one lightning movement the two fishermen picked up two pails of stinking fish heads and flung them lovingly at the Lionisers ' feet . |
| 3 | We happened to pass a woman pushing a pram , who for some reason produced a torch , no doubt in order to locate something , and directed it straight at the baby 's face . |
| 4 | He picked up the book he was reading , and threw it violently at the rat . |
| 5 | Corbett crumpled the parchment into a ball and threw it angrily at the wall . |
| 6 | She slid her arms into her silk robe and tied it loosely at the waist . |
| 7 | Sabine pinned on a polite smile , and aimed it straight at the oncoming vehicle 's windscreen . |
| 8 | As Bernice watched , horrified , Bishop produced a large handgun from beneath his robes and aimed it squarely at the Doctor 's head . |
| 9 | She has found his hands for him , and fitted them freshly at the wrists |