Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
2 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
3 | Merymose asked me to look at the body . ’ |
4 | B but Terry let us look at the |
5 | A chance visit to Blackwardine caused him to look at the map for features of interest . |
6 | But yesterday at court Meehan said he shouted at the family to keep away from his home . |
7 | Yes , Mar Mark wanted you to look at the third line of the third verse where there is a reference to no eyes and wondered whether you have any ideas about that . |
8 | Harriet noticed her looking at the groceries and said cheerfully , ‘ I took one of those cordon bleu cookery courses . |
9 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
10 | Reid saw me looking at the iron bars . |