Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 're not looking at it in the same way at all . |
| 2 | He 's not shouting at you for the sake of it — he 's shouting at you in an effort to improve you . |
| 3 | ‘ I was just looking at you against the lights of the city , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Speaking from London at the announcement of record profits for the Birkenhead-based firm , he said : ‘ We are not rushing at anything but the question must be asked what do we do with our cash balances . |
| 5 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
| 6 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 7 | Dann turned the gun in his hands , still staring at it in the passing flares of street lighting . |
| 8 | ‘ You said they were always yelling at you from the fields , and brandishing sticks . ’ |
| 9 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |
| 10 | She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the red firelight . |
| 11 | ‘ A friend of mine , Anthony Cherry , who produces Prime Time for the BBC , saw in this some journalistic potential and is currently looking at it for the BBC programme 40 Minutes ’ , says Hewitt . ’ |