Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She glanced at me in an odd way . |
| 3 | She looked at me with an elegance of expression that is difficult to describe . |
| 4 | She looked at him with an air of apology . |
| 5 | All three of them stared at it for an instant . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They grinned at her in an easy , friendly way and she returned their smiles . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It nagged at her like an aching tooth . |
| 10 | By now her cheeks were flaming and he looked at her with an almost analytical expression on his face . |
| 11 | He looked at them like an auctioneer trying to improve a poor lot m a cattle market . |
| 12 | When he had finished the portrait he looked at it with an expression of satisfaction and said to Indenbaum : ‘ There — that is for you ’ . |
| 13 | Then after a pause he took a letter at random from the middle of the stack ; he stared at it with an unfocused , an uncommitted eye . |
| 14 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |