Example sentences of "and [verb] at [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He comes to the bar and sits at the table there by the tree . ’ |
| 2 | It was an inglorious episode in English history , little remembered since , and regarded at the time less as a disgrace than as a deliverance . |
| 3 | They held onto the rock and waved and shouted at the lighthouse as loud as they could . |
| 4 | But certainly he 'll be pushing and pushing at the front there and making runs to get in the back all night I 'm I 'm certain of that . |
| 5 | Which in turn brings us to the most remarkable fact of all , namely that so far from corroborating the police 's recent claims , the witnesses they located and interviewed at the time signally failed to mention any suspicious behaviour whatsoever . |
| 6 | There are two small patches to the north of the city and looking at the plan again this morning there 's one small patch |
| 7 | Instead , after a pause , and looking at the man quizzically , Ceauşescu remarked , ‘ Have it your way then ’ , and walked off . |
| 8 | Freedom is found by taking up our abode in the transcendent and looking at the world objectively . |
| 9 | Leaving aside such considerations as whether you would still be able to have your grandchildren to stay and looking at the matter strictly in financial terms , it is as well to realise from the outset that the cash difference on the exchange — in other words , your profit — will invariably be less than you expect . |
| 10 | ( a not unusual event ) he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber , followed by a very out-of-breath Orderly Officer . |
| 11 | Now , a slick and capacious catamaran leaves Singapore 's Finger Pier at 7.40 every morning and arrives at the island roughly four hours later . |
| 12 | Well I think I 'd better go and look at the jam again . |
| 13 | If … one prescient soul at your level , say , early in 1982 , … really had thought ministers should be forced to meet on this issue and they kept postponing discussions on the Falklands , could you as Permanent Secretary of Defence have ensured that relevant Cabinet ministers did get together and look at the problem rationally and seriously , in so far as it 's possible , in time ? |
| 14 | she said do you wan na come in and look at the kitchen now and I said no I wo n't stop now I 'll work |
| 15 | Four members of the sprint squad missed the bus and arrived at the stadium later than they should have for the morning heats . |
| 16 | Select a strong healthy stem that has borne a good bloom , or is still carrying one that has gone over the top , and look at the stem lower down — to see if you can find nice plump axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils — these are latent growth buds , and they are going to become your new roses ! |
| 17 | To understand Homoeopathy we must consider a little more deeply and look at the situation afresh . |
| 18 | — If you ca n't answer these kinds of question , rewind and look at the section again . |
| 19 | A typical recent example was the production ‘ Care ’ written by Roy Mitchell and shown at the Theatre Upstairs in February , 1983 . |
| 20 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 21 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |
| 22 | Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre . |
| 23 | But he only said , ‘ Will you join with us ? ’ and looked at the Oak very straightly . |
| 24 | He picked up the glass case and looked at the bird reflectively . |
| 25 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 26 | 604 this court was faced with the curious situation that by a series of decisions , each moving almost imperceptibly further forward than the last , it had created a rule of law for which , if one stood back and looked at the matter afresh , there was absolutely no justification . |
| 27 | Philip came away from the door and looked at the paper too . |
| 28 | He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead , trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower . |
| 29 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 30 | Horne heard a sound , jumped up in terror and stared at the apparition just next to the old wall . |