Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Joe waited , cruelly , and nothing happened at the other end of the line . |
| 2 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 3 | Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear . |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 5 | Rachel and I wait at the little barrier in the station terminus , and again I think what an ordinary pair of holidaymakers we must look — too tatty to be honeymooners , but the same kind of contentment together . |
| 6 | And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine . |
| 7 | And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying . |
| 8 | And I think at the present time , all of us on the right are more concerned about getting the economy right and cutting government expenditure that carrying on with er schemes of a privatization that might or might not succeed . |
| 9 | And you look at the recent king 's mistresses , Edward the eighth , and er , sorry Edward the seventh . |
| 10 | I du n no erm , no I do n't like them at all it 's in fact I 'm not even impressed with it I mean you look at the people with G six hundred and you look at the fifty six |
| 11 | You go along , and you look at the other people , and the shops , and the traffic , and you never look up , not really up . |
| 12 | alright and if you look at the diagram on page thirteen and you look at the little arrow diagram you 'll see that it gives it quite nice and clearly there is that alright ? |
| 13 | Well once again if you look at the er er if you look at the full page which costs nine hundred pound on a on a golf club score card and you look at the full page in the A five booklet |
| 14 | If he says you 've got six children and you work at the local factory , you do , yes ? |
| 15 | Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’ |
| 16 | Which left her free to make mistakes , overdo the set of his features , and she grinned at the strange yet familiar creature , disdainful nose , filll lips and ridiculous chin . |
| 17 | And she tugged at the patterned chenille cloth spread on the table . |
| 18 | A second stroke followed without respite , and she squealed at the strange torment it brought to her twin moons . |
| 19 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 20 | He tightened her to him , parting her lips , and she moaned at the primitive caress of his tongue stroking against hers , exploring her mouth . |
| 21 | of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then . |
| 22 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 23 | Staff numbers statement erm and , and we look at the right hand column , you will find that we have a hundred and thirty nine fee earning people , and fifty eight support . |
| 24 | And one looks at the two most likely existing settlements on which you could do that to are , of course , Easingwold , to the Nor to the Northwest , and Tadcaster to the South . |
| 25 | there 's usually two racing together in this one , but they 're in separate tracks and one starts at the outside track |
| 26 | There were three women and they died at the same time so God goes cos you do n't all three of you do n't so , erm , the first one goes : I wan na go back to Earth thousand times are better so she goes back as a President , right ? |
| 27 | He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things . |
| 28 | the , yeah , twenty I mean , well that one goes different and they started at the same edge , ah two twenty twos oh |
| 29 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 30 | And he waved at the magnificent room , and her whole luxurious life which she knew beyond a doubt that she was willing to give up forever . |