Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen .
2 Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth .
3 Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously .
4 Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper .
5 She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock .
6 He walked over and rattled at the locked door .
7 Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread .
8 He stood up and looked at the following wagon .
9 I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard .
10 She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life .
11 The Archon ignored him , stood up and shouted at the disappearing figure .
12 Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake .
13 He cried out and grabbed at a nearby wall to steady himself .
14 She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers .
15 ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window .
16 She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’
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