Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 32 | He turned and stared at the Manse . |
| 33 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 34 | He turned and looked at the display of cakes on the long table . |
| 35 | She paused a moment , turned and looked at the line of narrow drawers , read the label , then weighed out two ounces of loose tobacco . |
| 36 | The woman turned and looked at the speaker , and there was scorn in her expression , but she said nothing until she turned on Agnes again and said , ‘ How bad is he , lass ? ’ |
| 37 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 38 | It was so seldom that Aggie heard herself addressed by her surname that she turned and looked at the nun , but the woman 's eyelids were lowered as if in shame ; then she inclined her head towards the woman sitting behind the desk before turning and closing the door quietly behind her . |
| 39 | Artemis turned and looked at the owner of the voice , a beautiful woman in a blue dress , with bobbed blonde hair . |
| 40 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 41 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 42 | He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair . |
| 43 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 44 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 45 | ‘ Oh , we landed at Newcastle airport ’ — Charlie turned and looked at the men — ‘ at three o'clock ? ’ |
| 46 | Cranston turned and glanced at the other hospitaller . |
| 47 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 48 | From time to time Osman turned and gesticulated at the stretcher and every time he did so a cry of anger rose from the crowd . |
| 49 | But suddenly it turned and galloped at the house and to my horror it leapt gigantically up and straight at me with bared teeth . |
| 50 | Last weekend they huffed and puffed at the unbeaten league leaders Wasps and were within one try of blowing them down . |
| 51 | He sighed and gazed at the cello . |
| 52 | Katy sighed and sat at the table beside him . |
| 53 | While she phoned the switchboard and requested that they page the cardiographer , Michael Barrington the orthopaedic SR arrived and glanced at the shattered stubs of the young man 's femurs . |
| 54 | We arrived and stayed at a farm house with these people in Cumberland . |
| 55 | He nodded and chewed at the side of his thumb . |
| 56 | Willie nodded and stared at the ground . |
| 57 | Benjamin nodded and stared at the dying flames of the fire . |
| 58 | Vi nodded and smiled at the young soldier and the pale-faced young girl who stood beside him . |
| 59 | Cara nodded and smiled at the pork butcher as she passed him by , being fond of the pies he would sometimes sell off at half price before closing his shop on a Saturday night . |
| 60 | His was the voice that ranted and sneered at the nation 's internal enemies , over the boarded baths at Paddington and Lambeth , the arenas of Streatham and Liverpool . |