Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 2 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 3 | Tiny red eyes gleamed at her for a moment before disappearing . |
| 4 | Like one , all six typewriters stopped and six pairs of eyes gazed at him above the machines . |
| 5 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 6 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 7 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 8 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 9 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 10 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 11 | Erica grinned at me like a witch , saying , ‘ You 're much too physical for the literati . ’ |
| 12 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 13 | She followed , and Lucy waved at her in the mirror at every light . |
| 14 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 15 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
| 16 | Before she could utter the cry of alarm which rose in her throat his hand had closed over her mouth , and Paige 's startled eyes blinked at him over the top . |
| 17 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 18 | Travis stared at her for a second or two , then reached for the champagne bottle . |
| 19 | She saw a young , rather handsome man , whose brown eyes looked at her in a way she found slightly disturbing , though this was not the kind of thing she would have admitted to anybody but herself . |
| 20 | Even Granny was shocked when Grimma looked at her with a face from which all the colour had drained away . |
| 21 | Piers looked at them with a frown . |
| 22 | And Hector sneered at him for a coward ! |
| 23 | All the time with other people she was acting , confident and charming ; backstage alone , the pain in her eyes glared at her from a bright-lit make-up mirror , weeping at the tawdriness of it all , scorning costume and plot and witty script . |
| 24 | Nick Stanton gazed at her with an uncustomary scowl . |
| 25 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 26 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
| 27 | Ilbrec was silent at that , and Ruth looked at him with a quick tightening of anxiety . |
| 28 | The other girl looked at her with an expression of dismay . |
| 29 | Maggie looked at him with the light of love as she kissed him good night . |
| 30 | Maggie looked at him in a bemused way and he smiled to himself , leading her onwards . |