Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pers pn] across " in BNC.
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1 | The Prime Minister can not stand Enoch Powell 's steely and accusing eye looking at him across the table any more , and I 've had to move him down the side . ’ |
2 | But there was something forced about his gaiety now , and Breeze , looking at him across the table , felt again that sharp pang of uncertainty . |
3 | Zack was standing on the road by the driver 's open door , looking at him across the roof of the car . |
4 | When he straightened up he saw Laidlaw looking at him across the roof of the car , a faint smile on his lips . |
5 | Her pulses were racing , her throat felt tight , just looking at him across a crowded street … |
6 | Towards the end of the soirée , Eliot stood for a while by himself in a seemingly abstracted state , and , looking at him across the room , I could not decide whether he was looking in my direction or not . |
7 | I can see Jack looking at me across acres of bar , waiting for a reply . |
8 | Looking at her across the table , it was hard to imagine that once he had thought her the most exotic extraordinary thing in the entire world . |
9 | Ben stood staring at her across the garden , a puzzled , worried expression on his face . |
10 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
11 | ‘ I explained to the prince that you were my companion and he said — all the while gazing at you across the hall — ‘ But a relative none the less , I 'll warrant ! |
12 | There was the thin voice beating at him across the desk . |