Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young people were afraid , wondering if they would have time to have their children , and became agitated at the racheting-up of international tensions in East and West . |
| 2 | Mansell received the fine and a one-race ban , which FISA applied to the Spanish Grand Prix , after he illegally reversed his Ferrari in the pits and failed to stop at a black disqualification flag , waved three times during the race in Estoril on 24 September . |
| 3 | When The Elder Statesman received less than adulatory notices , and failed to succeed at the box office , he was noticeably calm in his reaction . |
| 4 | Gone are the days when a hand-painted sign advertising a ‘ Real working farm experience ’ meant the townie parents paid £10 and got to look at an old plough while their children cuddled a fat , flop-eared rabbit . |
| 5 | The detour was to Holmstroyd and involved stopping at the jetty . |
| 6 | She paused in front of Barnes and Noble and pretended to look at the book display in the window . |
| 7 | Penry Vaughan ducked his tall head through the doorway and moved to stand at the foot of the bed in the shadows beyond the arc of light from the small lamp . |
| 8 | The goat stopped abruptly and tried to chew at the hem of Mrs Hollidaye 's brown jacket . |
| 9 | He bent to the carabineer at his waist , and tried to chew at the knot , to make it more supple . |
| 10 | He should have been booted out of the Olympics and told to race at a more apt venue . |
| 11 | When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag . |
| 12 | Fran closed her eyes , willing the frantic pounding of her pulse to slow , but when his fingers completed their slow journey and came to rest at the base of her neck she knew that he could feel every frantic beat . |
| 13 | Whereupon he tried it stante pede , shoved the stool away and played standing at the organ , at the same time working the pedal , and doing it all as if he had been practising it for several months . |
| 14 | When he married he rented a rambling red-brick Georgian house two miles away and bicycled to work at the forge most days . |
| 15 | The men were taken into a tent and allowed to look at a group of objects for a short period after which they had to recall every detail they had observed . |
| 16 | As soon as they were amongst the shuttered houses of Edinburgh , Corbett slowed down and turned to grin at the pale , terrified face of Ranulf . |
| 17 | Mobuto climbed out slowly and turned to wave at the waiting photographers . |
| 18 | Luke dropped his grip on her and turned to glance at the door , as if he intended to go and put his question to the man himself . |
| 19 | He was nearing the top of the hill and turned to look at the view as an excuse for a breather . |
| 20 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 21 | ‘ Good girl , ’ Lacuna said absently , and returned to sit at the bank of screens . |
| 22 | He dropped my wrists and began picking at the bread , rolling bits of it into little grey balls . |
| 23 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 24 | But the second time round he became restless and began biting at the rope and making playful snaps at Angela 's heels , then at her basket . |
| 25 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 26 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 27 | At once he ran to the house and began scratching at the door . |
| 28 | I picked up a book , but put it down again and began looking at a tiny red spider on the leaf of a geranium , ad lost count of time . |
| 29 | When the power rear doors opened , the men moved out to the left and right of their vehicles , into their battle positions , and began to shoot at the enemy . |
| 30 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |