Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pers pn] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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1 | Because when , after seven or eight long seconds of genuine respect , he saw Howard looking at him out of the corner of his eye , he hastily hid the bottle of sherry behind his back and bowed his head . |
2 | There was a frightened gasp and the ghost rose , too , staring at him out of the two hollows that were its eyes . |
3 | It was as if Lady Lavinia herself had come back to life , and sat staring at her out of the malevolence in her soul . |
4 | As we passed Number 110 , I spotted Mrs Shorrocks staring at me out of the window , sporting her usual black eye and a mass of different coloured bruises which she collected from Bert most Saturday nights . |
5 | He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye . |