Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [noun] at this " in BNC.

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1 Sophie shook her head at this .
2 Marc raised his eyebrows at this .
3 Kelly hung her head at this unusually long speech .
4 Miss Logan concealed her astonishment at this curious lecture , but felt bound to enquire further .
5 Sally-Anne tossed her head at this , and repeated that it was all nothing — ‘ And really you should not make such a fuss over so little ’ — but all the same she was happy to let Matey help her up to bed ; she felt strangely weak , and the thought of Sunday lunch and washing up , and all the work to be done before the day was over , made her feel worse than ever .
6 Basil Hallward shook his head at this , but Dorian laughed .
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