Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Angus ’ — he dropped the timber he was lifting , letting it clank off the others , and turned to look at him with widened eyes and squared mouth , like the face of someone taking a great strain . |
| 2 | A heartbeat before , he had looked at her with blind passion , then with something that bordered on contempt . |
| 3 | On the one occasion she had broached the subject of his mother , David had looked at her with cold eyes , saying in a hard voice , ‘ My mother was her own worst enemy . |
| 4 | Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody had looked at it in great detail , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He paused staring at her with half-closed eyes so that Emily could not read his expression . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't worry , misses , ’ the driver said staring at her in open curiosity , ‘ I 'll take you to a very respectable lodging house run by a real lady . |
| 8 | I stood staring at them in utter bewilderment . |
| 9 | Jessamy wanted to shout at him in sheer frustration . |