Example sentences of "[v-ing] at him [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dr Neil ? ’ she said , turning and bobbing at him like a proper servant , a manoeuvre which amused him , so that his lips twitched at the unlikely sight — it was so much at odds with her determined personality . |
| 2 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 3 | Her pulses were racing , her throat felt tight , just looking at him across a crowded street … |
| 4 | He waited for her smile but she was looking at him with a serious , strained expression . |
| 5 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 6 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 7 | They glance up at Howard , looking at him in a new way . |
| 8 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 9 | And they were coming at him in a concerted three-pronged attack . |
| 10 | A big , broad-shouldered man pushed between us to shout to someone on the street , gesturing at him with a huge banana . |