Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiny red eyes gleamed at her for a moment before disappearing . |
| 2 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 3 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
| 4 | Travis stared at her for a second or two , then reached for the champagne bottle . |
| 5 | And Hector sneered at him for a coward ! |
| 6 | Mick stared at him for a moment , then again he said , ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 10 | Connor looked at him for a moment , then joined in the laughter . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 13 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 14 | Lindsey stared at him for a moment , then shrugged . |
| 15 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
| 16 | Dexter meant it as a joke but Blanche stared at him for a moment , as if the comment was intended as a serious criticism , before she chuckled softly . |
| 17 | Langton looked at her for a moment , then reached into his desk . |
| 18 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 19 | Simone looked at her for a moment . |
| 20 | Simone looked at her for a while , then she said , ‘ Now , about next Wednesday . |
| 21 | With his head to one side Len stared at him for a moment , then asked , ‘ No friends or acquaintances , like ? ’ |
| 22 | The woman stared at him for a moment , without expression , and then with a little smile handed the doll back to Artemis . |
| 23 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 24 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |
| 25 | The woman looked at them for a moment over the book she had pulled from the shelf . |
| 26 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 27 | Gary stared at her for a moment , pins spewing from his mouth and catching on the front of his black jersey . |
| 28 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
| 29 | Alina looked at her for a while . |
| 30 | The young man looked at him for a while . |