Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 2 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 3 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 4 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 5 | My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees . |
| 6 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 7 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 8 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 9 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 10 | If you go twice as fast as something else , and you started out at the same instant from the same spot , you 'd go twice as far — which is what you found . |
| 11 | Bessie was busy rolling out pastry for the meat pies and she looked up at the young nurse . |
| 12 | The desperate woman 's eyes sparkled and she looked up at the crafty totter with new interest . |
| 13 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 14 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 15 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 16 | But then I 've got ta meet Emma and she stands up at the top . |
| 17 | Maggie 's eyes are long and wide like certain nuts , and they turn up at the ends like maidens from Disney . |
| 18 | And they got out at the very top . ’ |
| 19 | at the back like their bob 's there and they go up at the back . |
| 20 | And they go down at a bit at a time or it 'll go all the way down . |
| 21 | The windows of the car were open and they hummed along at a steady cruising speed meeting very little traffic . |
| 22 | And then erm Cathy taking Dessy for and and her looking up at the Dessy 's head . |
| 23 | We were delighted with his debut over fences when he beat Forest Sun in a hot novice contest at Worcester and he followed up at the same course on Wednesday . |
| 24 | The jolt rattled his ribs and he breathed in at the same moment as his head crashed through the surface , like a seal in the surf . |
| 25 | Tom does n't speak much to anyone but to the caddie when he 's in contention and he marches off at a cracking pace . |
| 26 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 27 | Only his rash brother , the Lord Edward , forced him to it , ’ and he glanced over at the Earl of Carrick , the said Lord Edward Bruce 's second son , who had now deemed it judicious to desert the Balliol cause . |
| 28 | ‘ Have I ? ’ and he stared down at the letters . |
| 29 | As he stared down at his half-empty glass Billy became aware of Freddie watching him closely and he looked up at the schemer suddenly , fixing him with a cold stare . |
| 30 | But already the noise was diminishing , the violence of the anger subsiding as rapidly as it had built up , and he looked back at the audience to see people taking their places again , Gerrard and the earphoned men in shirtsleeves moving quickly and purposefully among them , urging them into seats . |