Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 2 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 3 | She dabbed at hers with a clean corner of napkin , laughing . |
| 4 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 5 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's more than you 'd dare , Deveraugh , ’ she threw at him from the relative safety of the riverbank , and he laughed softly , the sound of it filling her ears as she sped across the grass . |
| 7 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 8 | They grinned at her in an easy , friendly way and she returned their smiles . |
| 9 | Albert grinned at her in an indulgent , knowing way and it made her angry . |
| 10 | He grinned at her from a toothless mouth . |
| 11 | ‘ Would you like a cup of coffee ? ’ he said to her at a station , and she grinned at him over the cardboard beaker , holding it with both hands . |
| 12 | Instead she glanced at him with a blithe smile which she hoped disguised her true feelings , and carried on inking in colour . |
| 13 | He glanced at her with a great deal of arrogance . |
| 14 | She glanced at me in an odd way . |
| 15 | The shirt was placed separately and Curtis jabbed at it with a thick , square forefinger . |
| 16 | We worked at it in a positive and determined manner . |
| 17 | A voice boomed at her from a small door at the side of the stage . |
| 18 | But even so , Louise was so hungry that she stared at them with a fearful concentration , ignoring Fleury 's polite conversation as he made the tea . |
| 19 | She stared at him with a stiff , expressionless face . |
| 20 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 21 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 24 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 25 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 26 | He stared at her with a dead-pan face and she was not sure whether he was serious or not . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | She spoke with such soft intensity that he stared at her for a long , thoughtful moment . |
| 29 | He stared at her for a long , shuttered moment , then wordlessly climbed out of the car and walked slowly round to her door . |
| 30 | 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 . |