Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 2 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 3 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 4 | Then the toot of a trumpet and the clown with the enormous sorrowful eyes was coming at her in her ring-side seat and she wanted to run away . |
| 5 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 6 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
| 7 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 8 | She averted her gaze and saw that Giles was looking at her in concern . |
| 9 | Granny was staring at me with her eyes wide open . |
| 10 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 11 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 12 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
| 13 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 14 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 15 | The pilots were looking at him with a mixture of dread and shock . |
| 16 | However , the marquis was looking at her with affection and she took courage in both hands . |
| 17 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
| 18 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 19 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
| 20 | ‘ Every morning this time the bus is full of nuts , ’ the driver said with violence , not even visibly addressing me , though his right eye was glaring at me in his driving mirror . |
| 21 | She eased the sharpness from her voice , aware that Fred was looking at her in surprise . |
| 22 | Mala was looking at them in a distant and superior way when I sidled up next to her . |
| 23 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
| 24 | She had just had the most beautiful experience of her whole life and Roman was looking at her as if she had cheated him . |
| 25 | The two other officers were staring at me with a curiosity which I had at first thought similar to the curiosity I had found among the soldiers . |
| 26 | Your only chance is to pull at him from the side , which may steer him away from the refuge he seeks . |
| 27 | Diamond Head was leaping at me from the right . |
| 28 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 29 | He joked that the other diners were looking at him like a wife-batterer . |
| 30 | I felt people were looking at me with my father in mind . |