Example sentences of "laughing at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sat on the sofa and watched The Two Ronnies , laughing at the same jokes . |
| 2 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 3 | When he shows a film or summat his room 's like a little cinema — you know , people sitting round watching the telly in the dark , and smoking and laughing at the funny bits and that . |
| 4 | NOW YOU 'VE stopped laughing at the idea of Kevin Costner in tights , you can have a chuckle at the cast rumoured to be lined up for his Robin Hood movie Prince Of Thieves — Danny DeVito ( above ) as Friar Tuck , either Patsy Kensit , Emily Lloyd or Imogen Stubbs as Maid Marian and as Robin 's big buddy Little John , John Goodman , who is reported to have been paid $750,000 just to stay interested in playing Fred Flintstone while the producers look for a script |
| 5 | After laughing at the idea of launching Forest Hills in Liverpool , Adidas let him have 500 pairs . |
| 6 | The mixture of cheap jokes and pretentious philosophising becomes increasingly hard to stomach , however , and there are far too many moments when it is not clear whether you are supposed to be laughing at the characters or taking them seriously . |
| 7 | If , on the other hand , there are readers who are more interested in laughing at the past than in understanding it ; if they find disease and human suffering good for a giggle as well ; if they think that a sort of free association of ideas is a good substitute for historical explanation ; and if they are unperturbed by gross defects of style and grammar , then they will enjoy Andrew Nikiforuk 's The Fourth Horseman : A Short History of Epidemics , Plagues and Other Scourges . |
| 8 | British audiences may derive enjoyment from laughing at the psychobabble , wincing at the plot contrivances and gaping at the crashingly obvious phallic symbolism , but the movie as a whole goes off at half-Hitchcock . |
| 9 | Israel and I were both on our knees , side by side , with tears streaming down our faces , yet laughing at the same time . |
| 10 | I was n't laughing at the time , though , I can tell you , because the more I dug down , the more I was digging up ! |
| 11 | Advocating a greater use of the birch he said ‘ Young offenders are leaving the juvenile courts laughing at the Magistrates and the Police . |
| 12 | They were both still laughing at the memory when the off sales bell rang . |
| 13 | I like to think that I am laughing at the idea , which has as real a set of consequences as bombs in a Tom and Jerry cartoon . |
| 14 | Then she started laughing at the top of her voice . |
| 15 | What Hunt took as high seriousness , I took as a typical Lauda sideswipe , the fox laughing at the huntsman . |
| 16 | Crazy funnyman Freddie Starr , one of Butlin 's most popular Holiday World entertainers , will keep you laughing at the big star weekend , Friday , October 30 , to Monday , November 2 . |
| 17 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 18 | Everybody reacted as one , condemning this nonsense and laughing at the bare-faced cheek of it . |
| 19 | Maybe fifty years from now , everybody 'll be laughing at the Impressionists ! |
| 20 | Maybe this picture of ‘ the river god laughing at the water tickling him ’ could be more spontaneous , but it 's very attractive . |
| 21 | He will be laughing at the client behind his back . |
| 22 | She burst out laughing at the absurdity of it , laughed until she cried , and when the tears came he groped across the table to touch her hand around the empty glass . |
| 23 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 24 | Witcher was uncomfortably aware that nobody was laughing at the Doctor . |
| 25 | We all fell about laughing at the idea of a man with virtually no English suddenly coming out with such a word . |
| 26 | I had to excuse myself and go out of the room , or I would have collapsed laughing at the doctor 's reaction . |
| 27 | She could see her father , foolish in his pride , and the rich gentleman of her mother 's imagination laughing at the poor Durbeyfield family . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're very kind , ’ said Conway , laughing at the old man . |
| 29 | I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat . |
| 30 | Aunt Tossie 's dressing-table was a picture of proper arrangement , quite unlike her tumbled bed , or the pink satin corset playing fast and loose with the long slit drawers thrown together on a tapestry chair — a chair covered in great beaded roses , laughing at the fun , over one arm black lace stockings trailed negligent as if there was no tomorrow . |