Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] 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 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
14 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
15 | He looked at her for a long , silent moment , and Merrill dragged her gaze away with difficulty , maddened by her erratic heartbeat . |
16 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
17 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | She looked at them for a long time . |
20 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
21 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
22 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
23 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
26 | She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry . |
27 | She looked at it for a long time . |
28 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
29 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |
30 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |