Example sentences of "[adv] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 2 | He placed his right hand against the rounded stone of the upright , leaning over her , staring down fiercely at her as he spoke , more passionate than she had ever seen him . |
| 3 | She snapped angrily and frowned fiercely at me . |
| 4 | ‘ She came to my bedside , put her candle close to my face and stared fiercely at me . |
| 5 | He was becoming angry , and was staring fiercely at me . |
| 6 | ‘ How did she die ? ’ he said at last , staring fiercely at me . |
| 7 | Jinny looked fiercely at him . |
| 8 | Haavikko looked from one to the other , then , smiling fiercely at him , tears brimming at the corners of his eyes , he reached out and took Karr 's hand . |
| 9 | She twisted over on to her side , and glared fiercely at him , knowing that this was what she should n't do , that she was humiliating herself , that her face was red and puffy and ugly . |
| 10 | Seeing the car as its territory , the dog may attempt to snap fiercely at them . |
| 11 | Ruthven gazed gloomily at me . |
| 12 | While ideally this should be the chairman there may be someone even better at it in the group . |
| 13 | No it 's we 're not we 're not in there 's there are people who are more established at that Bill , better at it and longer at it than we are . |
| 14 | They 're taking blood all day , much better at it than I am . ’ |
| 15 | She smiled trustingly at him and his heart melted the way it did when his small nieces slipped their hands into his when he took them out . |
| 16 | Or would you eat the chocolate very quickly without thinking or even looking much at it at all ? |
| 17 | The hamburger-flipper at the other end of the joint looked unhappily at us . |
| 18 | Father Poole gazed thoughtfully at him , noticing the way his hand shook . |
| 19 | Thomas was sitting , looking thoughtfully at him , a blade of grass between his teeth . |
| 20 | He looked back thoughtfully at her , taking in the brown eyes , the long , none-too-clean hair , and the patchy make-up through which broken veins in the cheeks were showing . |
| 21 | The doctor looked down thoughtfully at her , considered a moment and then placed a firm hand on her forehead . |
| 22 | More than one man had looked enviously at him . |
| 23 | So clearly now , the , there 's some merit in looking afresh at it in the light of five B , being able to match the kind of funding that 's available there . |
| 24 | Robbie looked doubtfully at him . |
| 25 | Once inside he removed his shoes and trousers very slowly then drew back her mosquito net and smiled lopsidedly at her before lowering himself unsteadily onto her cot . |
| 26 | And glancing swiftly at it , she saw that the named cigar was listed as a box of one hundred for thirty-five shillings and sixpence , while its superior compatriot was fifty-four shillings and sixpence ; and its sample of five was three and six , whereas five of this particular brand was only one and ten pence . |
| 27 | Almost dizzy with relief , she smiled brilliantly at him . |
| 28 | He thrust his whiskery countenance impatiently at her . |
| 29 | Once Chuck turned and grinned delightedly at her as he paused to mop his brow , and she smiled warmly back . |
| 30 | Mrs Wilson was sitting on the sofa , smiling foolishly at him . |