Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] at [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only arrived at it this morning . ’ |
| 2 | He merely sipped at his strong coffee and ran a hand through his hair . |
| 3 | SAS Institute Inc 's contribution to the proceedings will consist of five new component modules that will sit upon its base analysis and reporting software package , most already previewed at its European User conference in Vienna back in June ( UX No 387 ) . |
| 4 | I shouted goodbye and soon followed at my own pace , leaving the sacred hitching post of the sun in the custody of two girls , a man lying on his back in the grass , the gaseosa-selling woman and a tethered goat . |
| 5 | But Lumberjack just leapt at his outstretched hand . |
| 6 | He leaned against the hot metal of his car that the sun polished and with his mouth slightly open looked at his ripening field . |
| 7 | This will often happen when counsellees have placed blame on other people and not looked at their own contribution to their problems . |
| 8 | He just stared at his outstretched feet . |
| 9 | Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice . |
| 10 | No , he just looked at everybody blank |
| 11 | Fernando never said a word , just smiled at her ashen features as her mouth started to quiver . |
| 12 | He was not a happy man , and the stern set of his jaw , and the way he hardly ever looked at his two operatives , made Ray Doyle realise that the fat was really in the fire this time . |
| 13 | Padding across the shaggy lawn in her slippers , she was accompanied by a tortoise-shell cat which repeatedly darted at her pink pom-poms . |
| 14 | They both looked at their younger brothers and sisters , who stared blankly back . |
| 15 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 16 | The mercenary looked them up and down once again , saw the almost joyful light in Isay 's eyes , and then glanced at his own men behind him . |
| 17 | its my responses to it , that would be a very different approach , because of familiar with a , I mean with the postcard that was past around , familiar with that picture then looked at it one , I feel that about it . |
| 18 | He looked momentarily startled , then smiled at them both . |
| 19 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 20 | Of course I knew he saw Otto , but not what those visits implied , and Helmut — whether from loyalty to his friend or on account of some sort of inhibition in relation to me — never hinted at anything improper . |
| 21 | You never looked at me all the day . |