Example sentences of "shrugged [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 2 | The Lapp shrugged and left . |
| 3 | I shrugged and left him alone . |
| 4 | Clare shrugged and left the kitchen . |
| 5 | Berthe Weill shrugged and crossed the street after him to the catcalls of the crowd . |
| 6 | He shrugged and made for the door . |
| 7 | The woman shrugged and made her way into the house . |
| 8 | The gateman shrugged and made a gesture towards the ship . |
| 9 | The Frenchman simply shrugged and glanced away . |
| 10 | Bodie shrugged and glanced at the doll . |
| 11 | He shrugged and glanced at Jean-Paul . |
| 12 | She shrugged and glanced at Joanna , who seemed to be getting on well with Ian Woodall . |
| 13 | He waited until Ace shrugged and stepped aside , and then he walked steadily to the TARDIS , drawing in his wake Lacuna , Britta , Ace , Francis , Elaine , Defries and Bernice . |
| 14 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |
| 15 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 16 | The friar shrugged and got out his writing tray , parchment , ink horn and quills . |
| 17 | Marshka shrugged and looked down at the report in front of him . |
| 18 | Katherine shrugged and looked directly at her mother . |
| 19 | She shrugged and looked thoughtful . |
| 20 | Karr stared back at him a moment longer , then shrugged and looked away . |
| 21 | She shrugged and looked away , to indicate that she was backing off . |
| 22 | He shrugged and looked at her with those unfathomable grey eyes . |
| 23 | Piers shrugged and looked at her . |
| 24 | Sir Richard shrugged and looked around . |
| 25 | Felicity merely shrugged and looked up at Harold , as if expecting him to answer for her . |
| 26 | He shrugged and looked at her wickedly . |
| 27 | She shrugged and looked away , over to where Hector was investigating a hole in the base of the stable wall , not having noticed the new arrival . |
| 28 | The man shrugged and looked at him as if he were mad . |
| 29 | She shrugged and stared unspeaking down the loch , and wished again that he would go away . |
| 30 | ‘ I went to the Defence Ministry stand — but the first person I spoke to simply shrugged and walked away . |