Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped and looked at him from a little distance . |
| 2 | Lucie turned and looked at him with piercing black eyes . |
| 3 | Jenna turned and looked at him in a startled manner . |
| 4 | Splashing her limbs to get used to the cold , she turned and looked at me with a hint of mischief , as I stood naked staring at her . |
| 5 | They all turned and looked at me in disgust when I was the first to be called by Estella . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and looked at him without smiling . |
| 7 | One blue eye opened and stared at her without blinking . |
| 8 | Rosa laughed and looked at her as if she should know . |
| 9 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 10 | He blinked and looked at me with a return of his tough expression . |
| 11 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
| 12 | The man shrugged and looked at him as if he were mad . |
| 13 | He shrugged and looked at her with those unfathomable grey eyes . |
| 14 | A dog with more breeds in its blood than hairs on its back foamed and yapped at them from the limit of its rope ; the curtains of several trailers were drawn back by shadowy witnesses ; two girls in early adolescence , both with hair so long and blonde they looked to have been baptized in gold ( unlikely beauty , in such a place ) rose from beside the fire , one running as if to alert guards , the other watching the newcomers with a smile somewhere between the seraphic and the cretinous on her face . |
| 15 | ‘ What — ’ He stood and blinked at her with his finger under his nose to stop the drips . |
| 16 | He stood and looked at her with an expression of total innocence . |
| 17 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 18 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 19 | He stood and glared at me like a mad dog . |
| 20 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 21 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 22 | Diamonds , emeralds , rubies and sapphires as well as a mixture of semi-precious stones glinted and sparkled at her from all directions . |