Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Silas stood still to stare at her in the dim light . |
| 2 | A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes . |
| 3 | We are used to looking at faces , the faces of people , for their emotions and feelings ; and when we wonder about the emotions of animals we tend to look at them in the same limited way . |
| 4 | Most studies of social services , however , tend to look at them from the historical or development view . |
| 5 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 6 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 7 | Or to look at it from the social point of view — he 's just one man among many , the loss would be well within reason and convenience . |
| 8 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |