Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
2 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
3 | She averted her gaze and saw that Giles was looking at her in concern . |
4 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
5 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
6 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
7 | Young Donald was grinning at him with his new look of mockery . |
8 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
9 | Eddie was staring at her with eyes as hard as granite but all she said was , ‘ You 'll have to go in at the front door . |
10 | She eased the sharpness from her voice , aware that Fred was looking at her in surprise . |
11 | Mala was looking at them in a distant and superior way when I sidled up next to her . |
12 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
13 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
14 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
15 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
16 | Emily was looking at me in a way I found frankly flirtatious . |
17 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
18 | Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever . |
19 | Mandeville was staring at me as if trying to read my thoughts . |
20 | Patrick was gazing at her in admiration . |
21 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
22 | Miss Jarman was glaring at him with impatient curiosity and strong distaste . |
23 | Gerrard was looking at him with his eyebrows slightly raised . |