Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent surfaced and yelled at the men in the cockpit to swim a lifejacket out to him . |
| 2 | Poor Kodiak whined and scratched at the verandah door as we drove off . |
| 3 | He was tugging anxiously at one earlobe , and the silence continued to hang between them , though Nunzia slapped and stirred at the range . |
| 4 | Soviet President Gorbachev attended and spoke at the ceremony , as did Alexei , the Patriarch of All Russia . |
| 5 | European General Director Clancy McGillicuddy coughed and spluttered at the innuendo and the local European Managing Directors were n't exactly overjoyed . |
| 6 | Artemis turned and looked at the owner of the voice , a beautiful woman in a blue dress , with bobbed blonde hair . |
| 7 | Nicholson turned and looked at the other man contemptuously . |
| 8 | Rincewind turned and stared at the flames racing towards them , and wondered how much of Ankh-Morpork could be bought for two hundred rhinu . |
| 9 | Lexandro coughed and spat at the partly crippled Titan on his target-screen . |
| 10 | Coleridge fainted when told at a reception in Malta , and tried to get leave to return . |
| 11 | Ted stood and stared at the apparition in amazement , unable to believe the sight of his old friend before his eyes . |
| 12 | Tabitha turned and shoved at the passenger cabin door , which was stuck halfway . |
| 13 | Willie nodded and stared at the ground . |
| 14 | Carter dealt out the oxygen cylinders while Ralph stood and stared at the smoke billowing out of the third floor of McKay 's department store . |
| 15 | Evelyn did so while Rose picked and tugged at the hem until she found the ring . |
| 16 | Her daughters were also charming with their big dark eyes and exuberantly glossy hair and breasts rising like pomegranates , and they giggled in amazed delight when Perdita swore and yelled at the grooms and even screamed at their father . |
| 17 | Monica asked and looked at the wall map of the continent . |
| 18 | Katy sighed and sat at the table beside him . |
| 19 | Maxim shrugged and waved at the letter . |
| 20 | ‘ There , my dear , ’ Aunt Emily said and glanced at the little drawing by her bed . |
| 21 | From time to time Osman turned and gesticulated at the stretcher and every time he did so a cry of anger rose from the crowd . |
| 22 | Cara nodded and smiled at the pork butcher as she passed him by , being fond of the pies he would sometimes sell off at half price before closing his shop on a Saturday night . |
| 23 | Christina followed and stopped at the front door . |
| 24 | Parker slept and ate at an upstairs window . |
| 25 | Benjamin stirred and shouted at the slattern to bring a toothpick . |
| 26 | Cranston turned and glanced at the other hospitaller . |
| 27 | Benjamin nodded and stared at the dying flames of the fire . |
| 28 | Beuno stood and looked at the blaze he had made . |
| 29 | Dorian turned and stared at the face in the picture , and suddenly he hated Basil more than he had ever hated anyone in his life . |
| 30 | Marcus moaned and clutched at the front of his trousers . |