Example sentences of "at [pron] [conj] [vb past] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at me and grinned and shook his head . |
| 2 | She was walking too quickly , stumbling occasionally , past long belts like dressing-gown cords hanging from poles , which plucked at her face as she pushed through , straying over a pile of new dyed wool , brilliant and damp , into a glare of sunlight , stepping back from a mule loaded with carpets , bumping into a wall where blue thread ran along from a spinning wheel , guarded from tangling by small boys who pushed at her and muttered and laughed ; she would have grasped at the thin thread to lead her out . |
| 3 | Cousin Jane looked across at her and smiled and whispered something to Mike . |
| 4 | With a small cry of anguish she took one last look at him and turned and fled . |
| 5 | The Japanese shot at anything that moved and carried out the raid with skill and speed ; the Americans were taken by complete surprise . |