Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or to look at it in another way , if all the defaulters in community charge payments were paying their due amount , perhaps these closures would not be necessary . |
| 2 | How on earth could he tell ? she wondered , hunched against the banshee howling that came at her from all directions , hurling rain against her skin with such force it stung like grit . |
| 3 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 4 | A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes . |
| 5 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 6 | ‘ More like a full metamorphosis , ’ he drawled , leaning back against the huge , craggy trunk of the tree and gazing at her with wicked eyes . |
| 7 | The girl who is almost as silent as me and looks at me with such horror . |
| 8 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 9 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 10 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 11 | She found herself opening her eyes , and looking at him with dazed longing . |
| 12 | At other times , mostly when he smiled in that particular way of Tyler 's , leaning his head sideways and looking at her with incredible love in his sparkling green eyes , she found it unbelievably painful . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 14 | It 's no good coming over and looking at me like that Rick . |
| 15 | But there they were , four of them , just where they said they 'd be , in a clearing on a bend in the river , naked as nature intended , standing very upright which still did n't make them very tall and looking at us without any fear . |
| 16 | Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth . |
| 17 | The thing which had been imprisoned in the corridor walls and which had gibbered and clutched at them with insane and monstrous hunger . |
| 18 | But that I must try and look at it like this : that Mama had been her very special baby — and so had I. So that could never be the same again . |
| 19 | No , no , do n't interrupt me and look at me with those wild eyes . |
| 20 | As he was saying goodbye today , I saw him open his mouth and look at me in that way . |
| 21 | But then God 's commands do n't make sense if we try and look at them with twentieth-century attitudes . |
| 22 | I go across and look at them from close to . |
| 23 | We will take each of the main triggering events and look at them in more detail . |
| 24 | Move around the image and look at it from various points of view . |
| 25 | exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there |
| 26 | The fingers tightened and every word he spoke was slow , deliberate and flung at her with malevolent force through his clenched teeth . |
| 27 | Through the open door I could see Harry hanging on to the horse 's head and staring at me with frightened eyes . |
| 28 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 29 | The baby deer nestled in her arms and looked at them with enormous brown unconcerned eyes . |
| 30 | It also impressed his sister , who quietened down and looked at him with new respect . |