Example sentences of "pointing at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knees should be pointing at the same angle as the toes . |
| 2 | The Padre and the two Commandos laughed , one of the Bretons pointing at the Padre with his forefinger , exclaimed , ‘ He is a bloody good shot , Beel ! ’ |
| 3 | Pointing at the three musclemen positioned outside his HQ 's entrance , he added : ‘ We 'd be stupid not to have these guys around at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | His rescuer was smiling , pulling and pointing at the tartan plaid that had protected the young Highlander in his wanderings across eastern Europe . |
| 5 | It was too dark to see the line , and Trent called to the man on the rod to keep it pointing at the Zodiac . |
| 6 | ‘ Is that your dinner piece ? ’ queried Natasha , pointing at the waxed paper parcel Maggie was holding . |
| 7 | Although ten full minutes passed after leaving his party swigging juice happily and pointing at the loch , a casual glance backwards revealed that they were gaining on us quickly . |
| 8 | Symptoms were regarded as mere signposts pointing at the real target . |
| 9 | I hold the rod parallel to the ground over my right shoulder , with the butt pointing at the target , glance at my rod-tip and tackle to make sure everything is free , then look at the target and keep my eye on it while I push with my right hand and pull with my left . |
| 10 | I slide the rod-rest slowly into the sand , making sure it is positioned to that I can sit comfortably with the butt of the rod in my right hand and the tip pointing at the roots . |
| 11 | ‘ Fieseler Storch , ’ he said , pointing at the little aeroplane , but already my technical interest in such things had been packed into the past . |
| 12 | I asked , pointing at the suitcase . |
| 13 | an inscription on the Monument which was not finally removed until 1831 imputed the blame for the Great Fire of London ( 1666 ) to treacherous Roman Catholics , and Pope indignantly alludes to it in the third of his Moral Essays ( ll. 339–40 ) : ‘ Where London 's column , pointing at the skies , / Like a tall bully , lifts its head and lies . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ See , I told you , ’ grunted Billy , pointing at the pub 's unlit portals , ‘ they 're closed . ’ |
| 15 | And then marooned on her black flesh , two circles round her throat , and her chin pointing at the ceiling like the toe of a boot on a corpse , one arm bent backwards , nothing on except the slacks around her ankles , but no way in , at least none that he could find , and the cheap carpet burning his elbows and his knees , and sleep beginning to ooze from her ridged lips . |
| 16 | Our impulses , desires and Dreams are fingers pointing at the moon . |
| 17 | After years of criticism , and after Tampa , here was a suggestion of dishonesty from an unimpeachable source pointing at the chief executive of the group . |
| 18 | As his English guest turned at the door of his study to bow to the Romanian head of state before leaving his presence , he saw that Ceauşescu was holding out his fingers in the shape of a gun pointing at the head of his own interpreter ! |
| 19 | I asked , pointing at the whistle . |
| 20 | ’ Markby warned , pointing at the fencing to either side of the stile . |
| 21 | ‘ Look at that film-star for instance , ’ she added , pointing at the silent TV screen where a bosomy female was being embraced by a craggy actor in the moonlight . |
| 22 | She turned to Philpott , who was pointing at the couch behind her . |
| 23 | Resist pointing at the lumps of gristle left on your dining partner 's plate and saying : ‘ I 'll have that if you do n't want it — it 's all good meat . ’ |
| 24 | So in the end he took to pointing at the last and most precious of " the possessions " … tiger-skins , bookcases full of elevating and instructional volumes , embroidered samplers , teasets of bone china , humidors and candlesticks , mounted elephants ' feet , and rowing-oars with names of college eights inscribed in gilt paint ; the ladies were instructed to improvise sandbags out of linen sheets and pillowslips and fine lace tablecloths . |
| 25 | Therefore , at recording time , all that was needed to dematerialise the ship was a simple mix from the camera pointing at the live set to the camera aimed at the caption slide . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's coming up for midnight , ’ said Shirley , with some relief , pointing at the quartz carriage clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 27 | Or ‘ That 's Westminster Hall ’ pointing at the House of Commons . ’ |
| 28 | On stage the First Twin had sighted the white bird and was declaiming , ‘ See it comes , the Wendy , ’ and Tootles , pointing at the gossamer light sailing across the painted trees , called out , ‘ Tink is trying to hurt the Wendy . ’ |
| 29 | The singers ' chant frayed as they began pointing at the Spiderglass Europa logo , and in amongst the strangeness of a foreign tongue Jezrael heard the triumphant old woman say , ‘ Spiderglass ’ and ‘ Steel City ’ . |
| 30 | There was another commotion going on down on the slip ; the BMW people were gesticulating wildly and pointing at the tyres on one side of the trailer holding the big ski boat , which appeared to be listing slightly in that direction now . |