Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 2 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 3 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 4 | He had only his sword , and my men were coming at him from one side , and Sapt and Fritz from the other . |
| 5 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
| 6 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 7 | Quigley was looking at me in open horror now . |
| 8 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 9 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 10 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 11 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
| 12 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 13 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
| 14 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 15 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
| 16 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 17 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 18 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 19 | He glanced up at her face again , and discovered that she was looking at him with some interest , and it struck him that until now starvation had held her attention to the exclusion of all else . |
| 20 | Louise , his warm-hearted , likeable , former neighbour was looking at him with obvious concern . |
| 21 | Miss Jarman was glaring at him with impatient curiosity and strong distaste . |
| 22 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 23 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 24 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |
| 25 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 26 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're the obvious person to do it , ’ Cara , ignoring that her sister was staring at her in total disbelief , went on . |