Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter . |
| 2 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 3 | Frantically he began tearing at the small buttons that ran from her waist to the collar of her dark blouse . |
| 4 | This unsettled all aircrew before they even started training at the Operational Training Unit . |
| 5 | From 1795 to 1800 he was apprenticed to his uncle Samuel [ q.v. ] , during which time in 1797 he started exhibiting at the Royal Academy , and in the beginnings of his career he was indebted in different ways to both Samuel and his other architect uncle , James [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | " Do n't be sorry , " he said , " I quite enjoyed it , " She looked up briefly then , smiling uncertainly , as though she did n't believe him , He licked his lips , moved forward , put one hand out and touched hers where it gripped the glass , She kept looking at the empty glass avoiding his face . |
| 7 | Instead , he just kept looking at the American ambassador with what Sullivan describes as 'soulful eyes " . |
| 8 | She kept glancing at the massive Mickey Mouse watch that dangled round her thin bony wrist . |
| 9 | The Wisharts resumed their reading , Mrs Wishart kept glancing at the old lady — she could n't help admiring her dress , it was so Victorian and really out of place in 1945 . |
| 10 | ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ . |
| 11 | Gripping her spear in white hands , she stood gazing at the shadowy Isle . |
| 12 | Molly stood looking at the lapping water with Ken Corduroy , expert on garden pools and pergolas , who had arrived quite unexpectedly in his Volvo estate . |
| 13 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 14 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |
| 15 | I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links . |
| 16 | She stood staring at the yellow-flowered table cloth , as phrases formed and reformed inside her head , but she said nothing . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's wrong ? ’ asked his mother as the boy stood staring at the moving hand rail . |