Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish .
2 I pawed at the hairy form .
3 I shouted at the unfortunate Harry .
4 Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls .
5 I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger .
6 I trained at the Royal and I 'll be able to get you a bed immediately . ’
7 I lapped at the warm , rich blood ; very nice , very fresh .
8 We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity .
9 One Christmas Eve I woke at the critical moment , and saw , not Santa Claus , but three familiar figures indulging in heavy horse play at the foot of the bed .
10 That handjob I scored at the Happy Isles-I tell you , She-She was giving it away .
11 I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes .
12 I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead .
13 As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you .
14 When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch .
15 Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’
16 Just then , someone knocked at the front door .
17 After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door .
18 Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street .
19 Over a hasty meal , I glanced at the Official Guide to County Meath , a gift from the manager .
20 I glanced at the answering machine in the corner and saw that the red light was glowing .
21 Once more I glanced at the large flour mill , temporarily closed , despite the addition of a new silvery turbine engine to take the place of water power .
22 Probably be glad to get rid of her , she thought gloomily , then looked up sharply as someone rapped at the back door .
23 We need the money , and from all I heard at the Gaudy , Somerville still deserves it .
24 He said I waved at the poor man like a loony .
25 I snarled at the inner voice .
26 When I worked at the General , doctor 's who shall be name less used
27 , I was seventeen , I worked at the Flying Horse .
28 I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that .
29 And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine .
30 But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me .
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