Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was just looking at you against the lights of the city , ’ she says . |
| 2 | I mostly just look at mine from the window ; I 've got to know the walnut tree over a whole year now . |
| 3 | Jed just stared at him across the top of his glass . |
| 4 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
| 5 | Dann turned the gun in his hands , still staring at it in the passing flares of street lighting . |
| 6 | ‘ You said they were always yelling at you from the fields , and brandishing sticks . ’ |
| 7 | I was quite interested in flashers and their psychology , and often wished they would ‘ flash ’ me ; but they always looked at me with the utmost contempt as I stood waiting hopefully for a revelation . |
| 8 | ‘ Or at least look at it in the winter , ’ said Sophia . |
| 9 | ‘ Men sometimes whistle at me in the street and it does n't bother me a bit . |
| 10 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 11 | Reaching across , he slammed the door again , then glared at her from the space of inches . |
| 12 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |
| 13 | She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the red firelight . |
| 14 | ‘ A friend of mine , Anthony Cherry , who produces Prime Time for the BBC , saw in this some journalistic potential and is currently looking at it for the BBC programme 40 Minutes ’ , says Hewitt . ’ |