Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not shouting at you for the sake of it — he 's shouting at you in an effort to improve you . |
| 2 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 3 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 4 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |
| 5 | Er , Vicky says you are awful going er , I said that 's what they do , they grunt at me like an animal I grunt back at them . |
| 6 | As Jack goes on hunting , the little ones look at him as an expert . |
| 7 | Then try to look at it as an artist would look at it , really analysing it . |
| 8 | You have to look at it as an heirloom and a thing of beauty . |
| 9 | Then , with sound like a rippling machine gun , arms outstretched and a face-splitting smile , you speed spectacularly towards the audience , a different light flashing magically as your heels lightly clip each step.The effect is stunning , like somebody racing at you on an escalator only much , much better . |
| 10 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 11 | and others can , you know sit and stare at it for an hour still would n't know who it was . |
| 12 | Her glance rested on him only for a matter of seconds , yet his face could not have registered more in her mind had she been staring at him for an hour . |
| 13 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 14 | ‘ London , ’ he told her , staring at her with an air of triumph . |
| 15 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 16 | She 's still staring at me like an animal . |
| 17 | But she snapped , ‘ I 'm not tired , I 'm not , ’ glaring at him like an enemy , and he felt a sour weariness at the prospect of the long , white night ahead of them . |
| 18 | All three of them stared at it for an instant . |
| 19 | He stood and looked at her with an expression of total innocence . |
| 20 | The other girl looked at her with an expression of dismay . |
| 21 | The Doctor looked at her with an air of hesitant concern . |
| 22 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 23 | She looked at him with an air of apology . |
| 24 | The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike . |
| 25 | She looked at me with an elegance of expression that is difficult to describe . |
| 26 | When he had finished the portrait he looked at it with an expression of satisfaction and said to Indenbaum : ‘ There — that is for you ’ . |
| 27 | Not , however , when Charlotte sat opposite him in an eerily empty airport cafe and described her experiences in the United States while gazing at him with an expression implying what he most wanted to believe : that she trusted him unreservedly . |
| 28 | Natasha gazed at her with an expression in which caution and disdain were perfectly balanced . |
| 29 | She drew a breath as he gazed at it for an instant , watching its slow movements , the gentle opening of its tiny mouth as if expressing surprise . |
| 30 | She began babbling at him in an attempt to diffuse his anger . |