Example sentences of "at [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stared at me in surprise . |
| 2 | He put down the pot , stared at the floor for a few seconds and then looked up glowering , pointed his finger at me in a way that was frightening because it was so sudden . |
| 3 | I tell them all about the bar-tailed lark and the Berbers but they 're looking at me in a very strange way and I mean now the whole story sounds pretty crazy to me as I 'm telling it . |
| 4 | I played it to my mother and she stared at me in total disbelief . |
| 5 | The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted . |
| 6 | The man looked at me in my petrified state . |
| 7 | All round us was a crowd of misty dream-people — though I 'm in the crowd , too — milling and muttering , and they 're looking at me in my silken gown and murmuring to each other , ‘ Is n't it dreadful — Robina 's dead ! |
| 8 | The wee fellow looked up at me in astonishment . |
| 9 | She looked at me in amazement . |
| 10 | They 'd look at me in surprise , so enthralled had they been . |
| 11 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 12 | The old lady looked at me in wonder and said , ‘ Nobody has ever asked me that before , but if you really would not be too cross I would rather you did not . ’ |
| 13 | He was looking at me in a desperate way . |
| 14 | He was looking at me in a puzzled way . |
| 15 | I told Rob and Fred afterwards and they looked at me in horror , and that 's when I started getting panic-stricken . |
| 16 | ‘ I think if I did that would make them look at me in a completely different way . ’ |
| 17 | But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way . |
| 18 | He looked at me in astonishment . |
| 19 | He gaped at me in silly bliss . |
| 20 | He merely looked back at me in a rather peculiar silence . |
| 21 | Natasha : You 're looking at me in a very strange way ! |
| 22 | I watched his face as he blinked rapidly and he looked at me in disgust , or was it disbelief ? |
| 23 | Okay , he poked a finger at me in Czecho . |
| 24 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |
| 25 | I just let out a giggle of disbelief which made the old gecko who ran the class flutter his ruff at me in disapproval ; I calmed him with a quip and continued the negotiations with my round and financially tenacious new chum . |
| 26 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 27 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
| 28 | I lit up and stood there trying to answer all the questions coming at me in French and English . |
| 29 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |
| 30 | He grinned at me in the gloom , and introduced himself as if I might recognize the name . |