Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the family spoke or looked at the others . |
| 2 | Less common was the Doric peplos , a sleeveless tunic with overfold gathered in at the waist , the whole pinned or buttoned at the shoulders . |
| 3 | There were three or four cinemas round here — I stood and gazed at the pictures outside and thought , ‘ Space , cowboys and sex . |
| 4 | Suddenly one of the Zimbalan bodyguards shouted a warning and lunged at the photographers . |
| 5 | Or was it the heavy rain slapping against the windows , the wind 's eerie message as it whistled down the chimney and flickered at the flames that had begun to lick about the new-laid logs ? |
| 6 | He remembered the ancient and persistent belief that once any living creature has walked in the Black Fields of Sorcery and dined at the tables of the Lords of the Dark Ireland , he is for ever lost to the true Ireland . |
| 7 | The human growled behind its gag and strained at the wires . |
| 8 | While they were eating , a woman who had a bad name crept into the room and knelt at the feet of Jesus . |
| 9 | Sybil picked up the telephone and dabbed at the buttons with a well-scrubbed finger . |
| 10 | This system was devised not just with political but with military arrangements in view , and this is another way in which city and countryside were brought together : the demes and trittyes were often arranged along , and clustered at the ends of , the strategic highways of Attica , thereby making for easy mobilization , with the agora of Athens as the place of muster . |
| 11 | Morton crossed to the bookcase and peered at the volumes . |
| 12 | Sybil and Melissa mounted what had once been an imposing flight of steps flanked by tall white pillars and peered at the labels alongside the row of bell-pushes in a corroding brass frame affixed to the wall beside the front door . |
| 13 | He laid the rule on the girl 's chest and peered at the calibrations . |
| 14 | A crowd gathered and shouted at the police , provoking another baton charge which forced them down towards Butcher Gate and the Bogside . |
| 15 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 16 | Panic seized him and with a sudden curse he turned away from the wicket-gate of Clark 's Wharf and gestured at the others to get away . |
| 17 | The scullions sweated and ducked at the spits and bake-ovens built around the exercise ground for the clan to feast . |
| 18 | She blinked and nodded at the hospitallers . |
| 19 | Maggie crossed the room , lifted the lid of the pot and sniffed at the contents . |
| 20 | Tonight , the moon was shrouded in rags of cloud and the wind flattened the grass and swiped at the trees as we passed . |
| 21 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 22 | After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture . |
| 23 | Mrs Blakey , recognizing that something was wrong , rapped sharply on the landing window and beckoned at the children . |
| 24 | Her daughters were also charming with their big dark eyes and exuberantly glossy hair and breasts rising like pomegranates , and they giggled in amazed delight when Perdita swore and yelled at the grooms and even screamed at their father . |
| 25 | Youths dressed as demons careered across the road and yelled at the tops of their voices . |
| 26 | Trent surfaced and yelled at the men in the cockpit to swim a lifejacket out to him . |
| 27 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 28 | They hooted and waved at the boats as they whizzed by . |
| 29 | The ion trajectories are deflected and focused at the edges of the shadow cone much like rain falls off an umbrella , as shown in Fig. 1 . |
| 30 | Then , as would often be the case when the wind permitted , I opened the flaps and looked at the stars . |