Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ A case for galoshes , ’ remarked the Substitute , tossing a cigar end out of the jeep and looking around at the steam rising slowly from the wet earth .
2 Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky .
3 He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand .
4 He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building .
5 Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group .
6 He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high .
7 She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky .
8 Most people through that the four would join Rory Underwood and Simon Halliday and bow out at the top , having achieved the historic second Grand Slam .
9 Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki .
10 General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky .
11 Here we see the usual linen winding-sheet , parted to show not only the face but the entire body , with the arms placed at his side and turned in at the elbows so that the hands meet over the groin .
12 The priest rested his elbows on his knees and looked down at the floor .
13 Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically .
14 She sat quite still , the little book in her lap and gazed up at the pale candle flame , hardly seeing it , so busy was her inward eye upon the scenes that had held her in thrall for two hours or more .
15 His voice trailed off and Ruth looked sharply at him as he lowered his gaze and looked down at the paperwork in front of him .
16 ( In a letter to the Zoological Society written on 10 May and read out at the scientific meeting in London on 8 October , Gould described 19 new species , 13 of which he stated he had received from Dr Bynoe of the Beagle . )
17 Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table .
18 Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board .
19 Nathan moodily poked the bed , hiked down to the window and stared out at the night , then came back and sat on a seat in no-man 's land .
20 Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain .
21 Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden .
22 Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane .
23 She walked to the window and stared out at the plane .
24 Instead , she went over to the window and stared out at the bright flowers , the trees , the green of the grass and the hills that rose up gently all around the house .
25 With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds .
26 Picking Gwen Bear up from the bed , and hugging the soft toy to her for comfort , she stood at the window and stared out at the cloudy night sky .
27 Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft .
28 He walked over to the window and looked out at the courtyard below , busy with ambulances and patients clutching appointment cards as they peered hesitatingly at signs pointing the way to Casualty and X-ray and Outpatients , with the birdlike figures of caped nurses changing shifts , and the white coats of housemen hustling importantly from ward block to ward block .
29 I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night .
30 When he had finished , Bicker strode to the window and looked out at the tumbled clouds of the late day and the gathering darkness of the deserted hills .
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