Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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31 | Perry stares at her for a moment , and then examines her arm . |
32 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
33 | Ilbrec was silent at that , and Ruth looked at him with a quick tightening of anxiety . |
34 | The other girl looked at her with an expression of dismay . |
35 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
36 | Maggie looked at him in a bemused way and he smiled to himself , leading her onwards . |
37 | Eve looked at her with a measured glance . |
38 | Mick stared at him for a moment , then again he said , ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
39 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
40 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
41 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
42 | Queen Margaret and Catesby glowered at us from the head of the table . |
43 | Rincewind glared at him in the hellish purple glow . |
44 | Ryker loomed at her through the flames and she hurled the water both at him and at the fire . |
45 | Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it . |
46 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
47 | When he straightened up he saw Laidlaw looking at him across the roof of the car , a faint smile on his lips . |
48 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
49 | The forest of the night always made him shiver — the association with nameless terrors peering at him through the jungle of a Rousseau painting on his childhood wall . |
50 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
51 | Willi glanced at him in the mirror and thought he still did n't look too good . |
52 | Rosalba imagined Tommaso as a bird : and saw his pale green eye staring at her from a flurry of golden feathers as his vivid wings beat . |
53 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
54 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
55 | The rest of the group stared at us like a hanging jury before sentence is passed . |
56 | Connor looked at him for a moment , then joined in the laughter . |
57 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
58 | ‘ Talking about matters of import , ’ Riven said absently , though uneasiness buzzed at him like a fly . |
59 | Martin looked at him for a moment and smiled softly at him as he said , ‘ I would , laddie , but you 'd better not ; I think your mother needs you tonight . |
60 | Alain looked at her with a great deal of indulgence , but Jenna was busily reorganising her thoughts . |