Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lives have been ruined because people have read the wrong books or looked at the wrong pictures . |
| 2 | They were large animals that lived at the same time as the forerunners of the dinosaurs , the petrolacosaurs . |
| 3 | His strong face , lined by age and illness , framed a pair of kindly eyes that softened at the sight of her . |
| 4 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 5 | Although the computer has a hyphenation dictionary ( it knows how to split words that come at the end of a line ) , a skilled composer can usually do a better job . |
| 6 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |
| 7 | The breeze rattled Eochaid 's springing black hair over his ears and pulled at the ends of his lashes . |
| 8 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 9 | ‘ Just a case of first-night nerves , ’ I mutter , unlocking my legs and grasping at the steaming mug.Ruthie Henshall opens tonight in Crazy For You at the Prince Edward Theatre , London . |
| 10 | I saw women dealing with having kids and working at the same time and the kids were happy because of the closeness with their mother . |
| 11 | He opened his eyes and glanced at the clock beside his bed . |
| 12 | Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws . |
| 13 | Ronni opened her eyes and stared at the moon , feeling her poor heart quiver inside her . |
| 14 | He narrowed his eyes and stared at the distant wall of the Tower . |
| 15 | Nell raised her eyes and looked at the rest of the body ; and caught her breath . |
| 16 | She shut her eyes and tugged at the rope , sending the boat soaring high up over the scruffy , stinking little fair and the bare-headed people and the wide , comfortable , pleasure-loving river . |
| 17 | Ruth lowered her eyes and clutched at the banister of the stairs . |
| 18 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 19 | Its many alterations and additions reflect in stone and brick , the looms and busts at the woollen industry . |
| 20 | These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head . |
| 21 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
| 22 | The old English folksong demonstrates that they could often be sinister in their intent , waylaying passers-by and snatching at the wind with skinny , white hands : |
| 23 | Zak raised his eyes vaguely in my direction but it would have been tactless to disrupt the thoughts behind them , so I pressed on forward , traversing the dayniter and the sleeping cars and arriving at the forward dome car . |
| 24 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 25 | The row about Catholicism got her out of the house and carried her through two euphoric days , during which she thought about the Trinity , existed on lollipops and stared at the Celebration of the Mass from the back of Westminster Cathedral . |
| 26 | She rocked back on her heels and clutched at the bureau for support . |
| 27 | I hold my shivering knees and stare at the shadows on the walls . |
| 28 | Donna licked her tongue across her dry lips and stopped at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 29 | Wycliffe walked to work with a salty taste on his lips and arrived at the Incident Room as the little printer was opening up . |
| 30 | I thought that maybe Elsie went under finally sickened and stifled by the righteous attitudes that prevailed at the time . |