Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervously she smoothed down her saffron-coloured skirt and gazed up at the house as Steve , with bounding energy , leapt out of the Suzuki . |
| 2 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 3 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 4 | He looked up at the ceiling as if expecting to see him floating there . |
| 5 | He settled back and looked up at the ceiling as if he had forgotten she was there , and Maggie had the urge to creep away . |
| 6 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 7 | The chief groom stared back at him a moment , open-mouthed , then looked across at the T'ang as if to query the instruction . |
| 8 | Benjamin , however , smiled coolly at the Earl as if the Scottish bastard was his long-lost brother . |
| 9 | That night the wind and rain tore ferociously at the tent as the force 8 hit us ; it was a luxurious feeling to be snug , warm and safe in our sleeping bags . |
| 10 | Her wide blue eyes swept up at the waiter as if considering him . |