Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 2 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 3 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 4 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 5 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 6 | She spoke with such soft intensity that he stared at her for a long , thoughtful moment . |
| 7 | He stared at her for a long , shuttered moment , then wordlessly climbed out of the car and walked slowly round to her door . |
| 8 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |
| 9 | He stared at her for a long moment , and then he turned , stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets , and stared out over the lake . |
| 10 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 11 | Says Mike , ‘ When the chimps first saw the platform , they stared at it for a long time , and then they realised it was just me up there , and carried on . ’ |
| 12 | She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 14 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 15 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 16 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
| 17 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 18 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 19 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 20 | She looked at them for a long time . |
| 21 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 22 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
| 23 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 24 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
| 27 | She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry . |
| 28 | She looked at it for a long time . |
| 29 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
| 30 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |