Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [coord] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I changed and bathed at the tavern where my master was staying in Great Mary Axe Street near Bishopsgate . |
| 2 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 3 | I turned and looked at the subtly tarted , much breathed-upon 300 sitting at the kerb , then made a show of sizing up Yvonne . |
| 4 | I turned and looked at the man 's tear-stained face . |
| 5 | I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’ |
| 6 | It was buried in the garden with all due ceremony , and all I knew or felt at the time was grief that I should never see my beloved pet again . |
| 7 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 8 | As I stood and gazed at the now empty slit trenches , I could n't help a sinking feeling in my stomach as I pictured in my mind those who had occupied the trenches in this orchard , those who had been killed or seriously wounded . |
| 9 | There were three or four cinemas round here — I stood and gazed at the pictures outside and thought , ‘ Space , cowboys and sex . |
| 10 | I gagged and glanced at the two bald-pated twins : they did n't seem so terrible now but rather pathetic . |
| 11 | In an extract from the introduction to the Birds of Australia , Gould describes the fate that befell these two men who lived and died at the mercy of the violent and contrary Australian climate : |
| 12 | Se the Whitbread Hop Farm 's colourful history unfold in this authentic insight into the lives and times of the people who lived and worked at the Beltring Farm — A nostalgic experience not to be missed ! ! |
| 13 | This was foreseen by the local residents who objected and petitioned at the time planning permission was under consideration . |
| 14 | When she had the hackles high on her shoulders , when she whined and scratched at the back door , then the house was watched . |
| 15 | Old Ranza , a very large and mostly white collie , sighed by her chair as she hummed and hawed at the cottage sketch . |
| 16 | She stopped and looked at the garden ; inside the square was a circle of flower beds . |
| 17 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 18 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 19 | She stopped and blushed at the stupidity of the question , adding quickly , ‘ You work here in the village , of course . ‘ |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She turned and looked at the distant figure of Dorcas and her eyes narrowed . |
| 23 | Similarly , bees learn landmarks after taking off : a recruit who arrived and fed at the feeder , but was transported back to the hive while feeding , returned without the slightest memory of the landmarks she must certainly have seen on her arrival . |
| 24 | Yes , but you 'd been to the flat at about ten thirty in the evening before was there anything you heard or seen at the flat to indicate it might be a hostage situation ? |
| 25 | She blinked and clutched at the wall behind her for support , searching his bland , secretive face to see if that was a blatant threat . |
| 26 | She blinked and nodded at the hospitallers . |
| 27 | She laughed and laughed at The Merry Wives of Windsor . |
| 28 | She laughed and cried at the same time , and could not let Oliver go . |
| 29 | She looked and looked at the place where the fire had been , searching for the future , but could only see ashes . |
| 30 | Feeling the whole blueness shutting in on her , walls running with cyan drops whose stench was acrid and bile , she wrenched and wrenched at the straps and at last the curving bottle came free . |