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 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 3 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 4 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 5 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 6 | She turned over and looked at the illuminated dial of her alarm clock . |
| 7 | He walked over and rattled at the locked door . |
| 8 | Antony turned the grill off and looked at the dark brown slices of bread . |
| 9 | He stood up and looked at the following wagon . |
| 10 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 11 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 12 | The Archon ignored him , stood up and shouted at the disappearing figure . |
| 13 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 14 | He cried out and grabbed at a nearby wall to steady himself . |
| 15 | She tipped her head back and stared at the tumbling nymphs and satyrs that danced across it , trailing garlands of flowers . |
| 16 | ’ Alistair tipped his head back and stared at the coagulated window . |
| 17 | CLIVE SPUN around and collapsed at the same time , heaving from his shoulders in a spasm which threw Nina off his back . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |