Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett narrowed his eyes and squinted up at the sky . |
| 2 | He wiped the sweat from his eyes and looked down at the automatic in his hand . |
| 3 | He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building . |
| 4 | He measured out thirty paces and stared up at the crenellated boundary wall which was about twenty feet high . |
| 5 | She straightened her shoulders and gazed up at the unremitting blue of the sky . |
| 6 | The priest rested his elbows on his knees and looked down at the floor . |
| 7 | Bodie went up the steps and stared down at the girl , who looked up at him pathetically . |
| 8 | However , ’ he stamped his feet and looked up at the darkened mass of the church , ‘ no one , not even in Southwark , can be that degenerate . |
| 9 | The coroner stamped his feet and looked up at the star-filled sky . |
| 10 | The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily . |
| 11 | Fulke shuffled his feet and looked down at the floor . |
| 12 | Once more on his feet and staring up at the bell rope , Jasper said , ‘ D' you know what I 'd like ? |
| 13 | Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring . |
| 14 | When Betjeman failed his Divinity exams at the end of his first year , it would have been open to his tutor to plead for him with the College so that he could resit these comparatively unimportant exams and stay on at the University . |
| 15 | He sucked in deep , racking breaths and looked up at the two men . |
| 16 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 17 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 18 | Polly felt a blush warm her cheeks and looked down at the food . |
| 19 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 20 | Finds at the south Iranian site of Shahr-i Sokhta , as well as much further afield in Egypt , suggest that lapis lazuli was circulated in the form of lumps and worked up at the various centres . |
| 21 | Wyn-rajathuk rubbed ash between his palms and stared down at the smear of grey lines . |
| 22 | Learning the moves and warming up at the start of each judo session is hard work . |
| 23 | Getting out of bed , Rachel flung open the curtains and looked out at the September morning . |
| 24 | Harry tugged back the curtains and squinted out at the painful brightness of a frosty morning . |
| 25 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 26 | Dissenting Labour councillor Eddie Dryden refused to support the spending cuts and hit out at the way the proposals were presented to the Labour group prior to the meeting . |
| 27 | This somehow led to a discussion on local football and I discovered that there were eleven fit men and true down at the Kingdom Hall . |
| 28 | He rested his dark head against the pillows and gazed up at the ceiling as he spoke . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 30 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |