Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 2 | ‘ Just a case of first-night nerves , ’ I mutter , unlocking my legs and grasping at the steaming mug.Ruthie Henshall opens tonight in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre , London . |
| 3 | She finished her notes and looked at the list of suspects . |
| 4 | She moved away a little , patting her petticoats and looking at the dog . |
| 5 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 6 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 7 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 8 | Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs . |
| 9 | She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support . |
| 10 | She tucked her hands under her armpits and stared at the ground . |
| 11 | She immediately sprang to her feet and shouted at the top of her voice : ‘ HEY HAL . |
| 12 | Or stretch her limbs and laugh at the careworn ways of her elders ? |
| 13 | Figure 14.4 shows a number of entries concerned with ‘ land ’ and its variants and located at a variety of places in the main sequence . |
| 14 | Eight-year-olds call their friends and gather at the courtside to watch my forehand drives flopping limply into the net , time after time . |
| 15 | What the high-speed camera does n't show as it freezes the action is that the top pros have the skill to make the clubhead catch up with their hands and arrive at the same time at impact … as when at address . |
| 16 | She had washed her hands and face at the pump in front of the inn . |
| 17 | ‘ So so , ’ said Julia , looking up at him from her pillows and smiling at the affection and the anxiety in his face . |
| 18 | In the next few days nearly all Sullivans diplomatic colleagues came to offer their condolences and to marvel at the fact that no one had been killed . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ he answered , and he picked at one of the nails on his fingers and stared at the floorboards wishing he could disappear into them . |
| 20 | Athelstan ground his teeth and glared at the coroner but Sir John smiled sweetly back as if innocent of any devious stratagem . |
| 21 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 22 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 23 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 24 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 25 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 26 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 27 | Wycliffe walked to work with a salty taste on his lips and arrived at the Incident Room as the little printer was opening up . |
| 28 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 29 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |
| 30 | Hazel squatted on his haunches and stared at the orderly forest of small , glaucous trees with their columns of black-and-white bloom . |