Example sentences of "and they [vb past] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shadow seemed to have fallen over them , perhaps a premonition that they would never see each other again , and they stared at each other as though trying to commit each other 's features to memory . |
| 2 | Rourke 's thumb was still pressed to the bell as she opened the door , and they stared at each other , he , frowning , she with an expression of wary mistrust . |
| 3 | Franca came and sat on the bed and took hold of Patrick 's hand and they looked at each other . |
| 4 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
| 5 | And they nodded at each other , for all the world , Isobel thought , like a pair of well-fed penguins . |
| 6 | By that time the native peoples constituted a minority of only 30 per cent of the total population of Siberia , and they remained at that level until the end of the eighteenth century , although their own numbers increased from 288,000 in 1719 to 732,000 in 1795 . |