Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He passed on and knocked at Himmler 's door . |
| 2 | They got down and looked at him . |
| 3 | ‘ How can you be sure it was only one ? ’ the thin man asked doubtfully but clutching at a straw of hope . |
| 4 | The two got together and announced at the 1989 Seybold conference that they were going to develop a clone of PostScript based on Bauer 's which would use Apple 's new fonts on both the Macintosh and under OS/2 . |
| 5 | Instead of bending over her , he knelt down and looked at her face through the bars . |
| 6 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 7 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 8 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 9 | She stopped suddenly and gazed at him . |
| 10 | Andy bent down and looked at me . |
| 11 | Suddenly Brown Owl bent down and looked at Jane 's foot . |
| 12 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 13 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 14 | Starting at the airman 's feet he moved up and raved at each disaster until he came to his head . |
| 15 | She moved restlessly and kicked at the crisp leaves at her feet . |
| 16 | Jenna drew back and looked at him anxiously . |
| 17 | Ben waved to the child , and when she approached them she exclaimed loudly while looking at Aggie , ‘ Oh , you are dressed ! |
| 18 | He bent forward and plucked at the coat . |
| 19 | He straightened , then bent forward and tapped at the white plastic strip on the kitchen window ledge which retained the cheaply horrid secondary double-glazing the flat 's owners had fitted . |
| 20 | He moved forward and pulled at the bell rope , it was about time he put the wheels into motion , the wheels that would prove his innocence . |
| 21 | Enraged , Richard sailed on and landed at Acre , joining the besieging army on 8th June . |
| 22 | The two girls hugely enjoyed this honour until the Roberts came in and glowered at them . |
| 23 | Dr Neil , with many a joke , helped them , made change , and once went out to return with lemonade and glasses for all the ladies who were so busy manning the stalls , Mr Sands helping him — the rector being a vague benevolent figure who came in and blinked at them all , said , ‘ I am sure , ladies , that you will all gain treasure in heaven for your noble work here today , ’ and went out again . |
| 24 | A minute later a tall , stooped man came in and looked at them . |
| 25 | Finlayson came over and looked at she splintered stubs of Dickinson 's propeller . |
| 26 | He came over and smiled at Dangerfield . |
| 27 | She came home and screamed at her husband . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | Michael woke up and glanced at his watch . |
| 30 | The attendant sauntered up and grinned at Maggie . |