Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are other places she could go to , of course , but so many of them would be clubs in which she would be expected to communicate and contribute at a time when all she wants is occasionally simply to be ‘ with ’ people and to be able to depart when she wishes without giving offence or disturbing the gathering . |
| 2 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 3 | A young man with a bad case of acne approached and pointed at the phone . |
| 4 | So I think to some extent what one needs to do is to try and get at the governments , rather that at individual timber producers . |
| 5 | The Frasque , that had seemed so desiccated and invulnerable , shrivelled and burned at the Capellans ' slightest gesture . |
| 6 | However , Baillie Cochrane explained that Scott 's first scheme had reception rooms ‘ on a magnificent scale ’ , but on the recommendation of the Select Committee they were omitted and reintroduced at the suggestion of Foreign Office officials as normal rooms which could be used for special occasions . |
| 7 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I invite her to come and sit at a table with Kurowski and me , but she prefers to remain on duty at the bar . |
| 10 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 11 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 12 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 13 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 14 | I want you to come and look at a week-old bull calf . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
| 16 | And er it , it 's much pleasanter to work and to look at a pleasant environment than something that , that is n't . |
| 17 | It caught and twisted at the heart , and there was no armour against it . |
| 18 | They hooted and waved at the boats as they whizzed by . |
| 19 | The fear of future unemployment , he believed , was exaggerated and existed at the moment " as a heavy legacy of dictatorship " . |
| 20 | Some evening she and Andrew would separate on the halfway landing and go up by different flights to meet and kiss at the top . |
| 21 | But her weeping window sill sheds tears of condensation , scarring the wall down to the carpet which has curled and crumbled at the edge . |
| 22 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 23 | A sixteen year old girl collapsed and died at the Hacienda in Manchester after ‘ dropping an E ’ . |
| 24 | Ken Turk , the 67-year-old president and long time player for Hampshire club Hartley Wintney , collapsed and died at the wicket immediately after hitting a six against Shepherd 's Bush on May 3 . |
| 25 | Despite rough edges , it seems to have everything in it that Solaris 2.1 has and performs at the Sparcstation 2 level . |
| 26 | Bobbing and bobbing at the well-wall |
| 27 | They could hear Oliver banging and kicking at the cellar door . |
| 28 | He knew that she stopped and stared at the sea or the sky far too much these days . |
| 29 | As Charlie approached the Whitechapel Road , he stopped and stared at the frantic bustle taking place all around him . |
| 30 | Agrippa stopped and looked at a lonely bird shrieking above us as if it was a devil let loose to wander this lonely wilderness . |