Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Elinor looked at him over the rim of her magazine . |
| 32 | Connor looked at him for a moment , then joined in the laughter . |
| 33 | Martin looked at him for a moment and smiled softly at him as he said , ‘ I would , laddie , but you 'd better not ; I think your mother needs you tonight . |
| 34 | Alain looked at her with a great deal of indulgence , but Jenna was busily reorganising her thoughts . |
| 35 | Mr Malik beamed at them in a fatherly manner . |
| 36 | As he mentioned the bird , he turned his back on Lesley-Jane to look at it in the glass case . |
| 37 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 38 | Vitor looked at her across the table . |
| 39 | Lindsey stared at him for a moment , then shrugged . |
| 40 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
| 41 | Dexter meant it as a joke but Blanche stared at him for a moment , as if the comment was intended as a serious criticism , before she chuckled softly . |
| 42 | Langton looked at her for a moment , then reached into his desk . |
| 43 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 44 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 45 | I love daytime television so when I saw Richard and Judy staring at me from the other channel I was quite pleased . |
| 46 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 47 | Among the revelations will be of the time Cecil Parkinson swore at her in a Cabinet meeting , Kenneth Clarke telling how she used her femininity as a weapon in meetings , and Norman Tebbit and Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten talking about the horrors concealed in that famous handbag . |
| 48 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 49 | Simone looked at her for a moment . |
| 50 | Simone looked at her for a while , then she said , ‘ Now , about next Wednesday . |
| 51 | Franks looked at him like a round-eyed baby . |
| 52 | Marks looked at him with a speculative eye . |
| 53 | With his head to one side Len stared at him for a moment , then asked , ‘ No friends or acquaintances , like ? ’ |
| 54 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 55 | Newman looked at him with no particular liking . |
| 56 | Roman looked at her in a way that made Claudia want to curl up and die , and she was n't on the receiving end , only tarred with the same brush . |
| 57 | Sister Cooney looked at him with a polite , questioning smile and waited for him to continue or change the subject , as he thought fit . |
| 58 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 59 | Coleby stared at him across the table . |
| 60 | Gary stared at her for a moment , pins spewing from his mouth and catching on the front of his black jersey . |