Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer 's wife held it in her arms , so that it could not jump at me . |
| 2 | Not that he supposed either of them would jump at him , since neither was short of admirers . |
| 3 | ‘ Fiddlesticks , ’ said Rose , ‘ if he 's not working he 'll jump at it , for old time 's sake . ’ |
| 4 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
| 5 | She felt she could gaze at him for ever . |
| 6 | But inquire where they were when the news of Margaret Thatcher 's resignation as Prime Minister came through and most will gaze at you blankly . |
| 7 | Momentarily bereft of speech as the sharp pain in her ankle began to subside , Gina could only glare at him . |
| 8 | Rachel could only glare at him in silent hatred , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't glare at me like that ! |
| 10 | The door closed after them and Harriet could do nothing but glare at it impotently . |
| 11 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 12 | Why do I baulk at it ? |
| 13 | Hordes of hostile bicycle-rickshaw drivers would jeer at us — and it became quite hard just to walk through the streets . |
| 14 | Had she seen Richard wink at me ? |
| 15 | ‘ Your nan used to take you in there , ’ he said , ‘ with this dead hamster in a cage or the bloody goldfish floating belly up in the bowl , and she 'd wink at him and say , It 's very sick , can you take it in the back and make it better ? |
| 16 | She saw him glance at her gracefully curved female body , as beautiful as any fashion model 's ; but there was no appraisal of her beauty in his eyes . |
| 17 | But he could only glance at her briefly as he complimented her . |
| 18 | Ruth did not even glance at her . |
| 19 | This time Maxim did glance at her ; she was staring straight ahead , nodding gently to herself . |
| 20 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 21 | Now and again he would glance at me . |
| 22 | Something in his tone made Carew glance at him sharply . |
| 23 | But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead . |
| 24 | She could n't even glance at him without feeling a little strange , and he never had any pleasant look on his face . |
| 25 | Infuriatingly he just laughed quietly and she flatly refused to even glance at him again . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll get a few shots , ’ Mitch said eagerly , but Felipe did not even glance at him . |
| 27 | The slave did n't even glance at him . |
| 28 | She did glance at him then , rather warily , as though suspecting him of trying to ridicule her . |
| 29 | From time to time Maggie saw Felipe glance at them through the rear-view mirror . |
| 30 | ‘ Read it , man , do n't just glance at it . |