Example sentences of "be [verb] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 32 | Things were getting interesting at last , Lacuna was dumbstruck , and no-one except her was looking at anything except the screens . |
| 33 | I 've got your red book here cos I was looking at it at the weekend . |
| 34 | Ace stuck out her tongue at Daak , who was grinning at her through the shuttle 's front window , but she doubted whether he could see her face inside the suit . |
| 35 | Her father was frowning at her over the rim of his glass . |
| 36 | Every morning , the first thing Narcissus did when he woke up was to look at himself in the mirror . |
| 37 | Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever . |
| 38 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 39 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 40 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 41 | I was to get at 'er in the bedroom , 'e said . |
| 42 | I went home and I st I got very very anxious , I started feeling suicidal , I was blubbering at everything on the television , now I could cry but I was crying too much . |
| 43 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |