Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | But now , a week after Easter , his failure stared at him from the empty pews . |
| 5 | He stared at her through the flickering shadows . |
| 6 | He stared at her in the poor light that filtered through a tiny window above the door . |
| 7 | Lydia blinked at her through the misty light of the headlamps . |
| 8 | They looked at her in the flickering light of the matches . |
| 9 | I was quite interested in flashers and their psychology , and often wished they would ‘ flash ’ me ; but they always looked at me with the utmost contempt as I stood waiting hopefully for a revelation . |
| 10 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 11 | ‘ Serendipitous , eh ? ’ he said , and leered at me through the artificial gloom , his rubber lips curling up . |
| 12 | The face loomed up out of the darkness and leered at her through the rain-soaked glass . |
| 13 | She glared at him across the glass-shaded candlelight , feeling a rare impulse to inflict physical violence . |
| 14 | She went scarlet , speechless with rage as she glared at him in the sunlit interior of the car , eyes burning over his hard profile and sexy black leather jacket . |
| 15 | Rincewind glared at him in the hellish purple glow . |
| 16 | ‘ Only stakin' 'is claim , ’ Granpa used to tell the customers as he pointed at me in the wooden box . |