Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 2 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Rosalba imagined Tommaso as a bird : and saw his pale green eye staring at her from a flurry of golden feathers as his vivid wings beat . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 8 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 9 | Round the corner another old woman in her seventies awaited the departure of the year , huddled in bed for warmth , clad in layer upon layer of old nylon nightdress , woolly cardigan , matted flannel dressing-gown , gazing at an unsatisfactory black and white television flickering at her from a chair by the bed . |
| 10 | He stared down at the whimpering person beyond the front of the cage , at the people around , at the Man staring at him for a moment , and then at Woil who had taken stance on a litter bin . |
| 11 | And of course the dreadful thought gnawing at him like a rat , that he refused to allow into his conscious mind , was the fear that she might already be complete in herself , and because of her love for her dead husband have no time for his helpless need , just as his mother had once been complete , in her sorrowful love for the stillborn Vincent who had preceded him . |
| 12 | There was the thin voice beating at him across the desk . |
| 13 | Like steam coming at you from a cooking pot over a camp fire . |
| 14 | 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 ? ’ |
| 15 | Mary turned her head , and noticed Ben Weatherstaff 's angry face looking at her over the garden wall . |