Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She peered at the tangle of brambles inside and shook with excitement : there was a perfect spider 's web today . |
| 2 | He trembled at the thought of ghosts . |
| 3 | He gestured at the row of chairs where the offenders lolled . |
| 4 | Jacob gestured at the wall of books , at the divan where his patients normally lay . |
| 5 | It made Ali susceptible when Rowbotham exploded at the idea of pin-ups . |
| 6 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 7 | He lifted the boy 's hand into his rough dry palm and poked at the pattern of bruises on both sides , scowling as he prodded each mark in turn . |
| 8 | She turned at the sound of footsteps , expecting to see Martin , and was surprised when James Morris strode unannounced into her living-room . |
| 9 | One of the authors once taught a class who applauded at the end of classes they enjoyed . |
| 10 | Ted sighed at the stupidity of women . |
| 11 | She glanced at the backdrop of gentlemen , most of them in uniform , standing uncomfortably near the wall as though to divorce themselves from the proceedings and her heart sank as she thought of Craig , he should be here today , sharing in her adventure . |
| 12 | He told her ; and he watched suspiciously as she glanced at the sheet of instructions , set the timer and plugged it into the power point that controlled the standard lamp . |
| 13 | He glanced at the cloud of mayflies that were dancing their joyful zigzags near His skull . |
| 14 | He quit the booth and had just turned the corner when the plain-clothes policeman emerged from an alley and glanced at the bank of kiosks . |
| 15 | The editor who replied to the letter which protested at the lack of blacks on the magazine 's editorial board ( NI 185 ) , has hung himself ( sic ) with his own belt . |
| 16 | A talented modeller , she exhibited at the Society of Artists between 1773 and 1780 . |
| 17 | Returning to England in December 1772 , he exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1774 to 1778 and his first recorded employment — minor work in London — belongs to this period ; then in 1779–80 he published a volume of Original Designs in Architecture , Consisting of Plans … for Villas , Mansions , Town Houses , which was evidently intended as an advertisement for his talents , and thereafter he developed a modestly successful practice mainly as a country-house architect in the south-east of England . |
| 18 | She was disconcerted and then enthralled by Lenny Bruce 's spitfire monologues , his explosive mix of four-letter words and Yiddishisms which hit at the gut of hypocrisies . |
| 19 | His words jarred Harriet and she swallowed at the ball of nerves that suddenly seemed to be constricting her throat . |
| 20 | He was 64 — and too late : Boswell had already told Lady Macleod , therefore Johnson could not avoid the embarrassment he obviously felt at the prospect of congratulations . |
| 21 | I stared at the mess of faggots round the hearth of the closed kiln , supernumerary now . |
| 22 | Cleo stared at the scattering of coins . |
| 23 | When John Campbell — who had refused to go bare-legged under his breacan-feile ; there were limits ! — saw them , he blinked at the dazzle of colours , the triple-layered jewels before controlling himself and advancing steadily . |
| 24 | He turned round and looked at the sea of faces . |
| 25 | ‘ As we looked at the range of products available , we saw that FCRS offered us the most flexible route as the basic packaged solution that could be easily maintained . ’ |
| 26 | A task force of IT managers from several Courtaulds businesses looked at the range of options available and chose a Lotus package called cc:Mail as the preferred solution . |
| 27 | She looked at the litter of glasses around her . |
| 28 | Rain looked at the litter of newspapers , discarded clothes , sheets of paper covered with Cobalt 's messy typing . |
| 29 | Maxim looked at the clutter of parts in front of him and realised how right he 'd been in saying soldiers hate to throw away guns , even cheap Spanish ones . |
| 30 | and then he looked at the row of trolleys tangled in the front of the car . |