Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed at the pistons , the steam , the vats and the slopping trays : so much wetness to produce something as dry as paper . |
| 2 | I am not a modernist , though I presided at the Arts Council with liberal equanimity over the public funding of much modernist art which I did not understand . |
| 3 | Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up . |
| 4 | I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way . |
| 5 | I peered at the photographs on the dressing table . |
| 6 | Situations vacant in particular showed a very , a very big drop and erm , and in fact we , the yield was lower than the year before , but we 've er , continued with our pac press rationalization programme and er , I think as I mentioned at the interims , the Basildon Evening Echo is now printed on the F T's presses , which incidentally has got the contract to and is printing er , . |
| 7 | I arrived at the studios laden with books containing pieces to read . |
| 8 | I glanced at the faces on either side of the Colonel , but I was still fascinated by Charlie Vaughan . |
| 9 | As I passed what had been the marshalling yard and sidings , I glanced at the rows of rusting buffer stops and rotting wooden buffer beams , and conjured up a picture of its lines of laden coal wagons waiting to be despatched and the coal empties waiting to be taken to the collieries to be filled . |
| 10 | And that 's when I waved at the Guards major Nogin and set in motion the arrest of Ralph Pike . |
| 11 | Erm and when I looked at the figures , we had a greater percentage of institutions and pupils than the other sharer or partner in the process . |
| 12 | I looked at the posters . |
| 13 | I looked at the posters . |
| 14 | I looked at the posters and the photographs . |
| 15 | After all , I looked at the paintings … ’ |
| 16 | My blood froze as I looked at the prices . |
| 17 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |
| 18 | I looked at the faces of the other soldiers to see if he was trying to make a fool of me . |
| 19 | I looked at the faces ; the man on the bench next to me was talking to himself . |
| 20 | ‘ I looked at the walls in the Goldie boathouse and saw the names of all the crews and could n't see a cox with three wins on the trot . |
| 21 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 22 | First I looked at the contents page ; 19 review , not bad in these recession-stricken times . |
| 23 | I I looked at the fabrics in the Libertys |
| 24 | Over his shoulder I looked at the sheets covering the Corporal , the bloodstain widening . |
| 25 | I looked at the pennants and so did he . |
| 26 | It was warm inside the building as I looked at the uniforms from Algeria , Morocco and Tonkin . |
| 27 | I looked at the passengers ' faces . |
| 28 | I looked at the books . |
| 29 | I laughed at the times people had used that sentence to me . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , I fell on the gravel , severely grazing my knee and , what was worse , ruining one of my two pairs of stockings — nasty rayon objects which sagged at the knees and cost precious clothing coupons . |