Example sentences of "at they [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't stare at them but had good eye contact . |
| 2 | If we now consider the relations he posits between them we find ourselves facing a comparable problem ; although he posits numerous interconnec-tions between the components of social formations , he neither explains how he arrives at them nor describes them in any detail . |
| 3 | There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can . |
| 4 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |
| 5 | ‘ The trouble is people take one look at them and stick a label on you . |
| 6 | ‘ We were outnumbered , but we threw stones back at them and drove them away , ’ he said . |
| 7 | When they stepped out on to the track some twenty paces from him he only turned his head slowly to glance at them and made no other movement . |
| 8 | Dexter knew they were hungry for information so he winked at them and made a thumbs-up sign . |
| 9 | She smiled vaguely at them and made her way to Jack 's office . |
| 10 | Yes it 's much better for you to look , because you 're all busy trying to look at them and listen to what 's |
| 11 | My master smiled , looked at them and shrugged . |
| 12 | He struck out at them and soared upwards and they fell away for a time . |
| 13 | And I would urge the panel to send out their proposed leaflet to the ministers in various areas where the educational standards are not very high that they may look at them and put forward suggestions so that the leaflet that eventually comes out will be understood by the whole of our people and not just by the most educated . |
| 14 | The doctor looked at them and put them quietly in the pocket of his coat . |
| 15 | He took one look at them and said , what are those blokes doing here ? |
| 16 | Nobody actually looked at them and said do you need the care that you 're getting , or the care that you 're accessing ? |
| 17 | But they just in these days they just looked at them and said , Alright . |
| 18 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 19 | Well I think we were very lucky at the start that were were just starting up in England and they were actually more into what we were doing than er to the extent that I think that maybe other record companies might have laughed at them and said they 've no hope of surviving but I mean they had the Furies with er Sweet Sixteen and then they had er about six hit singles from Foster and Allen and about six or seven albums and then they went down to Daniel O'Donald which became an enormous success so I think when that happened then all record companies kind of said well maybe there is something here . |
| 20 | I keep looking at them and thinking I would n't buy one of those . |
| 21 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 22 | She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size . |
| 23 | But it 's hard to reply to some sweet , well-meaning English family who are making the effort to be sociable , by throwing your tomato at them and yelling , ‘ What do you know , you lazy bastards ? |
| 24 | And it explains to them why has come out screaming at them and screaming abuse at them . |
| 25 | Of looking at them and trying to do a bit of s sorting out . |
| 26 | The rest , even Ranulf of Chester , still saw only their own palatines , and built at them and fought off encroachments on them feverishly , looking no farther . |
| 27 | Close by stood Fintan and Cermait Honeymouth and Tybion the Tusk , and Grainne looked at them and knew a deep and abiding affection for them . |
| 28 | Meanwhile Malta 's reconnaissance aircraft were out looking for Axis convoys bound for Tripoli or Benghazi so that the island 's bombers might strike at them and disrupt the flow of supplies and reinforcements to Rommel 's command . |
| 29 | It would also appear that in some areas the rougher element ganged up against Boy Scout troops in the early years of the movement , throwing stones at them and mocking their uniform of floppy hats and silly short pants . |
| 30 | The young lad looked up at them and laughed , what 's up with you it 's got ta come down in n it ? |