Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 2 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 3 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 4 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 5 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 6 | Having established the ICAEW 's position in the listed market , we decided to extend our work to look at which of the bodies regulated the auditors of large unlisted organisations . |
| 7 | The carvings swung , and up there an owl of wood stared at her among the leaves . |
| 8 | ’ Her husband gazed at her across the body . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 11 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 13 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 14 | It was an arm 's length away and raising its head to hook at him with the horn that was already dark with his father 's blood when he discharged his second barrel . |
| 15 | The rising tower of debris blossomed and drifted , starting to fall as the shockwave pulsed at me from the dune . |
| 16 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 17 | His father shouted at him over the noise of the engine , ‘ I want you to see , Alexei . |
| 18 | At last she felt clear and a kind woman smiled at her among the machines and said , ‘ Nearly ready now . ’ |
| 19 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 20 | There was the thin voice beating at him across the desk . |
| 21 | On Aug. 16 Solzhenitsyn issued a statement repudiating the restoration of his citizenship because the decree failed to address the accusation of treason levelled at him at the time of his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974 . |
| 22 | Elizabeth attempted to escape in the Isuzu , but crashed as her attacker hacked at her through the window . |
| 23 | She cracked eggs into a frying pan and stood over them while they cooked , wincing as hot fat spat at her from the pan . |
| 24 | An explosive snort came at him from the centre of the room behind him . |
| 25 | Maggie looked blankly at the face grinning at her from the queue , and as she pushed a cup of tea across the counter she said , ‘ You were saying ? ’ |
| 26 | Mary turned her head , and noticed Ben Weatherstaff 's angry face looking at her over the garden wall . |
| 27 | There was a pause , than a woman 's reddened , raddled face squinted at him over the sill . |
| 28 | Take the time to look at yourself in the mirror and recognise the improvements . |
| 29 | Jonathan 's face grinned at her from the telescreens . |
| 30 | In the bathroom , her woebegone face stared at her from the mirror . |