Example sentences of "[vb past] at it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
2 | 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 . ’ |
3 | She stared at it for a long time , shivering , icy fingers trailing along her spine . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
6 | She looked at it for a long time , and then began to cry . |
7 | She looked at it for a long time . |
8 | I looked at it for a long time until Marie Claire 's kitchen began to form itself around the pots . |
9 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |
10 | You could n't see the card until you unfolded the handkerchief and now Wexford looked at it for the first time . |