Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | Cissy Salt , her baby face hard and cold as a coin , stood back from the couch and looked round at the trembling tearful group . |
| 3 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 4 | General ‘ Little Mac ’ McLellan sat back on his horse and looked up at the sky . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 9 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Pascoe went to the window and stared out at the slanting rain . |
| 12 | Perhaps I wanted — ’ She whirled away towards the window and stared out at the garden . |
| 13 | Helen walked slowly to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 14 | She walked to the window and stared out at the plane . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | With a tired shrug , he wandered over to the window and stared out at the grounds . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ian walked to the open window and looked up at the hills , with their barracks , prison and asylum perched aloft . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I got out of bed , went across to the window and looked out at the night . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I went to the window and looked out at the rain and the clouds . |
| 23 | He walked over to the window and looked out at the falling snow . |
| 24 | Mum went over to my window and looked down at the street . |
| 25 | I lay on my bed with a computer magazine and , from time to time , went to the window and looked down at the darkened street . |
| 26 | She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees . |
| 27 | Now I find I 'm getting " inspired top-off-the-brain " signals and ideas while travelling in an aeroplane — at the window and looking out at the snowy cotton-wool cloud land ( no artificial stimulants ! ) . |
| 28 | No other words were needed and he stood , walking to the window and looking out at the courtyard that was bathed in sunlight . |
| 29 | Charlotte stepped into the hall and grinned down at the dog . |
| 30 | Now , on Saturday morning , she thumped on the cottage door and at the same time leaned back from her ample waist and called up at the casement window . |