Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
2 | Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation . |
3 | Silas stood still to stare at her in the dim light . |
4 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
5 | These were mostly artificers , labourers or servants , many of course being taxed only on wages , as were many of those assessed at nil in the musters ; the status of any who were later taxed on wages is obvious , while those never assessed at all almost certainly included the unemployed and , probably , vagabonds and beggars . |
6 | ready to thrust at her inside the door . |