Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had a gun here yeah and I knew and you were coming at me like with a club and I shouted , Stop . |
| 2 | The boy looked sick and white and terrified and the other two were staring at him almost without blinking , as though they were sucking out his life through his eyes . |
| 3 | She turned to meet his gaze , and her heart was suddenly beating a tattoo in her chest , because he was looking at her again with that dark , broody expression in his eyes . |
| 4 | His WPC was looking at him anxiously for guidance , but he shook his head at her slightly and waited , standing squarely on both feet as he had done in many trying circumstances before . |
| 5 | Maxwell 's face had darkened and his wife was looking at him anxiously as if she would like to interfere . |
| 6 | Ho was looking at him now with a sneer on his face . |
| 7 | It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next . |
| 8 | When , when he rang us up it , it was looking at us like for Brian he kept , called in as I was |
| 9 | The way he was looking at it right at the end when he 's looking back at him and he |
| 10 | The moon was pulling at her even before Spanish Fork , leading her to her destiny . |
| 11 | Sam realized that , for the first time , Clare was yelling at him instead of building up a silent volcano of resentment . |