Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constantly looking back , Richmann hurried inside and waved at the sentries . |
| 2 | His fingers dispensed with the buttons on the front of her dress and his hands , warm and firm and so , so clever , slipped inside and teased at the lace of her bra . |
| 3 | He kicked gently and rose at an angle towards the ceiling . |
| 4 | He rolled over , and spread his loosened limbs in the bed , he opened windows , he went to the Tate Gallery alone and looked at the dissolving blue and gold air of Turner 's Norham Castle . |
| 5 | They attended an opera together and flirted at a ball . |
| 6 | That night , they sat on the ice together and gazed at the sky . |
| 7 | Are you and sulphur together and looked at the the way in which they combined . |
| 8 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 9 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 10 | He took his hand away and looked at the smear of red blood on his fingers . |
| 11 | Their twelve-year-old son had crept downstairs and listened at the door . |
| 12 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
| 13 | Walterkin grinned widely and stared at the ground as he strode along . |
| 14 | She turned slowly and looked at the figure in the chair . |
| 15 | The girl laced her fingers together nervously and looked at the floor . |
| 16 | She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table . |
| 17 | Corbett spun round quickly and stared at the cowled , shadowy figure before him . |
| 18 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the dark , hunched buildings at the side of the road . |
| 19 | Fenella stood very still and stared at the Robe , seeing that the lids were closed and that here and there the lashes were matted and sticky-looking . |
| 20 | He frowned deeply and peered at the narrow line of black and white spaces hanging in the air in front of him . |
| 21 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 22 | He unseated his rider once and fell at the 7th in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 23 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 24 | Mobuto inhaled sharply and glanced at the massive bodyguard who was hovering in the background . |
| 25 | Jorge came in then and stood at the door . |
| 26 | He crossed the floor silently and listened at the closed door . |
| 27 | She darted forward and saw at a glance what had happened . |
| 28 | His face became serious again ; he leaned forward and stared at the fire , slowly sipping his wine . |
| 29 | He stepped forward and retreated at the little garden gate as though rebuffed by some force field or buffeted by some invisible gale which had no effect on the branches of the little trees and evergreens in the front gardens of the cottages . |
| 30 | Duvall lunged forward and fired at the shadow . |