Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Samantha Sherratt of the Howard League for Penal Reform said : ‘ I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo or a fishbowl . |
| 2 | But a spokeswoman for the Howard League for Penal Reform fumed : ‘ If I was in jail I would n't want people paying money to come and look at me as if I was in a zoo . ’ |
| 3 | Now , let's go back to what and say and look at it from offspring A's point of view . |
| 4 | They stopped and looked at him from a little distance . |
| 5 | They will then dive and display and peer at you with their ‘ redcurrant ’ eye , as if seeking approval . |
| 6 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 7 | Politicians are n't going to stick their necks out to help break up the various logjams unless we 're shouting and yelling at them from the bank — for the most part to encourage them , but also to warn them of dire consequences to come if they get out of the hot water before the job is done . |
| 8 | The thing which had been imprisoned in the corridor walls and which had gibbered and clutched at them with insane and monstrous hunger . |
| 9 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 10 | The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach . |
| 11 | and others can , you know sit and stare at it for an hour still would n't know who it was . |
| 12 | Lucie turned and looked at him with piercing black eyes . |
| 13 | Jenna turned and looked at him in a startled manner . |
| 14 | Splashing her limbs to get used to the cold , she turned and looked at me with a hint of mischief , as I stood naked staring at her . |
| 15 | They all turned and looked at me in disgust when I was the first to be called by Estella . |
| 16 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 17 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and looked at him without smiling . |
| 18 | One blue eye opened and stared at her without blinking . |
| 19 | exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there |
| 20 | When he saw his wife 's face , he was so shocked that he stopped speaking and stared at her in horror . |
| 21 | Woolley stopped shaving and looked at her in the mirror . |
| 22 | But that I must try and look at it like this : that Mama had been her very special baby — and so had I. So that could never be the same again . |
| 23 | The unexpected admission made her heart leap , causing her to turn and look at him with eyes that were bright with hope . |
| 24 | ( They turn and look at him without expression . ) |
| 25 | But then God 's commands do n't make sense if we try and look at them with twentieth-century attitudes . |
| 26 | Rosa laughed and looked at her as if she should know . |
| 27 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 28 | The two eldest of the ‘ broth ’ agreed with their father , nodding and grinning at him with their mouths full . |
| 29 | He blinked and looked at me with a return of his tough expression . |
| 30 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |