Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [pers pn] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a few houses whose wrought-iron balconies were crammed with plants : great pots of geraniums , full and dark , the flowers looking down at me like tiny faces , intently . |
| 2 | Anyway , , the old shed looks well there er , I du n no why I started to look out and the cat was on his back legs with his feet like that and he was looking up at me like that ! |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't look straight at him like that , ’ Nick said . |
| 4 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
| 5 | She put her glasses back on and the lashes , horrifically magnified through the lenses , curled back at her like gigantic spiders ' legs . |