Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 3 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 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 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 6 | He 's not shouting at you for the sake of it — he 's shouting at you in an effort to improve you . |
| 7 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |
| 8 | He was gazing at her with an infuriating world-weariness suggesting he 'd heard her argument a hundred times before . |
| 9 | He was looking at her with an icy contempt . |
| 10 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 11 | On the contrary , she was staring at me with an almost manic intensity . |
| 12 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |