Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon recovery from the overdose , Charles said he had not cared whether he lived or died at the time of taking the tablets , but wanted to show Ann how desperate he was feeling . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) All other estates , interests , and charges in or over land take effect as equitable interests ; ( 4 ) The estates , interests , and charges which under this section are authorised to subsist or be conveyed or created at law are ( when subsisting or conveyed or created at law ) in this Act referred to as " legal estates , " and have the same incidents as legal estates subsisting at the commencement of this Act ; and the owner of a legal estate is referred to as " an estate owner " and his legal estate is referred to as his estate . |
| 3 | Brower then offered viceroys to both classes of jays and recorded whether they avoided or pecked at them . |
| 4 | None of them moved or looked at me . |
| 5 | He found that gazing at the CO 's moustache helped . |
| 6 | The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture . |
| 7 | Keith jerked and pulled at his handcuffs , |
| 8 | Unused to being argued with , he shouted and cursed at her , and soon the two of them were arguing fiercely , he having trouble making articulate sentences due to his excessive amount of drink , which only made him yet angrier . |
| 9 | A lecturer visiting a student on teaching practice tells of being mistaken for a parent and being kept standing in a cold corridor while behind a closed door the head shouted and screamed at a tearful child . |
| 10 | MPs were hounded and harassed , shouted and sworn at , and subjected to the most appalling blackmail , intimidation and aggression . |
| 11 | Shouted and wept at someone else 's wife ! ’ |
| 12 | Angel proceeded to put on an incredible display of histrionics , peacock-blue eyes flashing , nostrils flaring above his furiously pouting mouth , as he shouted and swore at Alejandro . |
| 13 | The old barges , who had once beaten their way up and down the East coast and the Channel ports , grumbled and heaved at their cables while their new owners sat back in peace . |
| 14 | The most recent record is of one caught and ringed at Beachy Head on 15 April 1968 . |
| 15 | It caught and twisted at the heart , and there was no armour against it . |
| 16 | They hooted and waved at the boats as they whizzed by . |
| 17 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 18 | Chuck 's broad back was bowed over his task , his pride in his kill visible in every movement , but the slighter figure of Joseph bent and straightened at his side with less enthusiasm . |
| 19 | DIANE GAMOCHE ( STUDENT ) : I was hiding beneath two desks , and he stopped and shot at me twice but nothing happened . |
| 20 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 21 | He was but stopped and stared at me , then turned and ran in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | They stopped and stared at me . |
| 23 | Christine stopped and stared at him . |
| 24 | Berdichev stopped and stared at him a moment . |
| 25 | She stopped and stared at her own face in the mirror . |
| 26 | He stopped and stared at her rather alarmingly , his eyes running over her from head to foot . |
| 27 | Carolyn stopped and stared at her . |
| 28 | ‘ I — ’ She stopped and stared at him . |
| 29 | She left to have a baby — ’ Miss Vinall stopped and stared at Juliet . |
| 30 | As Charlie approached the Whitechapel Road , he stopped and stared at the frantic bustle taking place all around him . |