Example sentences of "and [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It means instead the end of childhood and freedom , the beginning of a new life as a slave and chattel at the bottom of a hierarchy in someone else 's family . |
| 2 | As the only Farangs there , we were drawn by friendly hands to the best viewing spot , and beamed at and invited to climb the ladder . |
| 3 | He took the cigarette holder out of his wide mouth and beamed at his visitor , his Roosevelt smile , warm and toothy . |
| 4 | Battler sat back and beamed at me . |
| 5 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 6 | She kissed Jake 's cheek and beamed at Shiona . |
| 7 | Rose never interested in clothes before , tried the lot on and beamed at herself in the long mirror . |
| 8 | At the bottom Cranston immediately felt better , turned and beamed at Athelstan . |
| 9 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 10 | ‘ But your father — ’ she leaned forward and whispered at Ellie . |
| 11 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 12 | In Fothergill 's garden he found Arbutus andrachne , raised from seeds sent by Russell from Aleppo in 1754 and to flower at Upton in 1766 . |
| 13 | The practice of meditation and contemplation is life-long , reflecting this daily process of repentance and change at heart . |
| 14 | Syphon off the bottom mulm and change at least 20% of the water . |
| 15 | But there were those who said that Douglas had known of it and connived at it . |
| 16 | She went to the till , which jounced and jingled at her bidding . |
| 17 | Design Standards for this section will be similar to those for the Colinton Section consisting of dual two-lane carriageways with a central reservation and verges at the shoulders . |
| 18 | Lindsey looked up to find Niall watching her , his expression telling her that he understood and shared at least some part of what she was feeling . |
| 19 | In spite of being well fed and cared for , some dogs will steal food and scavenge at every opportunity . |
| 20 | She felt infantilised by them , but also felt bitterly that they were not fair , and she was bored and frightened at the thought of remaining bored all her life . |
| 21 | They are kindly , educated people many of whom have spent their lives helping others and to whom fate has dealt a cruel , unexpected blow , leaving them bereaved and frightened at a time of approaching frailty . |
| 22 | She was staring wide-eyed and frightened at the supper room 's open doorway which , like a proscenium arch , framed the Highland dancers and , quite suddenly , now also framed her lover . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Gabriel , both excited and frightened at the prospect . |
| 24 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
| 25 | Here , at close quarters , the fitful , elusive silver congealed into the turgid brown flood she had seen upriver , a silent surge of water looking almost solid in its power , sweeping along leaves and branches and roots and swathes of weed in its eddies , gnawing away loose red layers of the soil along this near bank , and eating at the muddy rim of the path . |
| 26 | Owen Glendower , lord of Glyndyfrdwy and Cynllaith , and master of most of North Wales , came south that June into central Wales , his raiding parties materialising like shapes of flashing , thundery sunlight out of the rains and mists of the hills , and eating at the borders of the Mortimer lordships in Radnorshire . |
| 27 | He had almost resolved to make his escape — it would not be noticed — when a young woman with dark hair and a plain , wise face came up to him , followed by the bewhiskered precentor he had seen and heard at Savill 's . |
| 28 | If the application is urgent , eg for a non-molestation injunction under the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 and there is no judge sitting , the court office will say at what court there is a judge and the application may be made and heard at that court , but the more usual practice is for the application itself to be made in the court which would otherwise have been appropriate , with the papers and order being sent back to that court after the hearing . |
| 29 | Spiked cages surround baroque colonial villas ; apartment doors are reinforced and guarded at gunpoint . |
| 30 | These are wrapped around the ball and fastened at the top with a collar through which passed a wire ring for suspension or to pass round the wrist . |