Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 2 | A young man with a bad case of acne approached and pointed at the phone . |
| 3 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 4 | The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture . |
| 5 | However , Baillie Cochrane explained that Scott 's first scheme had reception rooms ‘ on a magnificent scale ’ , but on the recommendation of the Select Committee they were omitted and reintroduced at the suggestion of Foreign Office officials as normal rooms which could be used for special occasions . |
| 6 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 7 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 8 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 9 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 11 | It caught and twisted at the heart , and there was no armour against it . |
| 12 | They hooted and waved at the boats as they whizzed by . |
| 13 | The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " . |
| 14 | Some evening she and Andrew would separate on the halfway landing and go up by different flights to meet and kiss at the top . |
| 15 | But her weeping window sill sheds tears of condensation , scarring the wall down to the carpet which has curled and crumbled at the edge . |
| 16 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 17 | A sixteen year old girl collapsed and died at the Hacienda in Manchester after ‘ dropping an E ’ . |
| 18 | Ken Turk , the 67-year-old president and long time player for Hampshire club Hartley Wintney , collapsed and died at the wicket immediately after hitting a six against Shepherd 's Bush on May 3 . |
| 19 | Despite rough edges , it seems to have everything in it that Solaris 2.1 has and performs at the Sparcstation 2 level . |
| 20 | Bobbing and bobbing at the well-wall |
| 21 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 22 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 23 | As Charlie approached the Whitechapel Road , he stopped and stared at the frantic bustle taking place all around him . |
| 24 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 25 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 26 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 27 | It was a very nice day out actually , and everything from serious riders who just went up and down and the most energetic one did a hundred miles , to families who treated it , took a picnic and stopped and looked at the badger tunnels . |
| 28 | She stopped and blushed at the stupidity of the question , adding quickly , ‘ You work here in the village , of course . ‘ |
| 29 | Then he stopped and bowed at the waist . |
| 30 | They stopped and wondered at the crude little pageant parked outside the cottage , stroking its paintwork and prying into the winches and traps . |