Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 2 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 3 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 4 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 5 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 6 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 7 | It was too dark to see the line , and Trent called to the man on the rod to keep it pointing at the Zodiac . |
| 8 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 9 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 10 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
| 11 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 12 | It seemed the natural thing to have him singing at the wedding . |
| 13 | As soon as the doors are opened , the adventurers find themselves standing at the threshold of room 49 . |
| 14 | Photographs show them beaming at the camera , oddly alike , almost a brother and sister likeness . |
| 15 | Harriet noticed her looking at the groceries and said cheerfully , ‘ I took one of those cordon bleu cookery courses . |
| 16 | Reid saw me looking at the iron bars . |