Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dressing room before kick-off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone . |
| 2 | ‘ This is all quite fascinating , ’ he said , drawing his umbrella from his starsuit and using it to point at the terminal entrance . |
| 3 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 4 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 5 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 6 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 7 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
| 8 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 9 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 10 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 11 | In fact , she did n't just feel like groaning — the frustration and worry she felt at the moment were enough to make her want to scream blue murder ! |
| 12 | The latter is imagined to be a snake-like movement that translates the chain through the tube and allows it to escape at the tube ends . |
| 13 | If you 're short of worktops , a wooden block on wheels can be moved to a free space and allows you to work at a similar height to your kitchen worktop . |
| 14 | Today I asked him to bind me and gag me and let me sit at the foot of the cellar steps with the door out open . |
| 15 | Rutherford cites Lawrence 's own remark in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom to the effect that this identification ‘ quitted me of my English self , and let me look at the West and its conventions with new eyes : they destroyed it all for me ’ . |
| 16 | Please talk to your class members and let us know at the March QT DAY if you feel there would be support for the idea . |
| 17 | If I if I do n't know the answer I 'll find out in the interim period and let you know at the end of the session . |
| 18 | Ruth poured cornflakes and milk , and ate them sitting at the table where Rachaela drank her coffee . |
| 19 | Her eyes were rolling with terror as she began to struggle to free herself from the tenacious , sucking mud — struggles that only served to hasten the process and cause her to sink at an even greater rate . |
| 20 | This packet of light would disturb the particle and cause it to move at a speed in some direction . |
| 21 | He watched his dejected figure walk past him into the cottage and , after allowing a few minutes to elapse , followed him in and discovered him sitting at the table in the living room , his bag of apples and sandwich lying untouched . |
| 22 | Just knock down any scheme you do n't happen to like and have it rebuilt at the expense of the public purse , ’ says independent property consultant Jonathan Landes . |
| 23 | 1991 , 27 1042 ) , prompted a childhood memory and sent me rummaging at the top of the house for 300 Things a bright boy can do , a book presented to me by some relative ca 1928 . |
| 24 | It takes them back into the past and helps them relax at the same time . |
| 25 | He glanced at Lambert and saw him blaze at a green-and-yellow plane , then bank hard away as tracer scorched past . |
| 26 | A notice apologising for keeping visitors waiting and inviting them to look at the booklets adds the finishing touch . |
| 27 | And do you look at the You magazine with Mail on Sunday ? |
| 28 | They can put the case for the minister 's decision , copy his style , anticipate hostile points and leave him feeling at a great advantage in any conflict . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm very optimistic that we can get the goals , but we do n't need to chase the game right from the start and leave ourselves exposed at the back . |
| 30 | And did you stay at the same school through primary and secondary ? |