Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 2 | Sylvie gazed at him in momentary confusion . |
| 3 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
| 4 | Zelah looked at him in amused astonishment . |
| 5 | Mr Edgar looked at her in angry surprise . |
| 6 | Sylvie looked at him in some perplexity . |
| 7 | Mr Crumwallis looked at him in dyspeptic reproof , unused as he was to having his magisterial ramblings interrupted . |
| 8 | Erm , Chair , I think when we come to the capital programme you will be proposing that the P A G advise you and the Director in terms of producing a package which meets those guidelines , erm , and given the opportunity to look at them in some detail . |
| 9 | Creggan called out once more after her , powerfully , and Kraal stared at him in silent surprise and just a little awe , while unnoticed by any of them the meek Slorne relaxed a little and seemed to nod her head , as if to whisper to a waiting sky , ‘ Yes … yes … yes . ’ |
| 10 | Penry glared at her in sudden fury . |
| 11 | Paige stared at him in growing wrath , then turned to Jonas . |
| 12 | Eadred stared at him in mock innocence . |
| 13 | Jessamy stared at him in numb shock . |
| 14 | Jessamy stared at him in utter disbelief . |
| 15 | Blanche looked at him in mock disapproval . |
| 16 | had a lot of stuff thrown at you in one go . |
| 17 | The separation of the mode of discovery and the mode of justification does enable the inductivists to evade that part of the criticism levelled at them in this chapter which was directed at the claim that science starts with observation . |
| 18 | Lachlan gazed at him in mingled disbelief and hope . |
| 19 | The aunt looked at him in angry surprise . |
| 20 | Virginia stared at him in tortured uncertainty . |
| 21 | Virginia stared at him in sudden curiosity . |
| 22 | Her father looked at her in open admiration . |
| 23 | Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal . |
| 24 | Two passing merchants stared at them in surprised disapproval . |
| 25 | It was more years than she cared to remember since she had last seen a man stare at her in frank admiration . |
| 26 | The man stared at her in stunned silence , his chest rising and falling with some kind of agitation . |
| 27 | Goreng looked at me in some surprise . |
| 28 | Both men stared at her in shocked silence . |
| 29 | Both men looked at her in mild surprise . |
| 30 | A woman with candyfloss hair glared at them in open-mouthed amazement , for their voices had risen little by little . |