Example sentences of "be [v-ing] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The woman behind the counter had been gazing at her through strong spectacles and now scratched doubtfully at her moustache with a thumb-nail . |
2 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
3 | So it 's not , you 're looking at it as two . |
4 | But that 's because we 're looking at it at close quarters . |
5 | In and out , on and off , they 're coming at us from all sides . |
6 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |
7 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
8 | He sent her a glare that was full of suspicion , then demanded abruptly , ‘ You would n't be laughing at me by any chance ? |
9 | Write in and let us know what you think about the new law changes — we will be looking at them in greater detail in next month 's issue . |
10 | But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully . |
11 | Driving through unfamiliar London streets had been nerve-racking enough — vehicles and flashing lights seemed to be coming at him from all angles — but with two kidnap victims in the back , his brain refused to function rationally . |
12 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
13 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
14 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
15 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
16 | He had only his sword , and my men were coming at him from one side , and Sapt and Fritz from the other . |
17 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
18 | Well I ca n't get asthma when he 's looking at me like that . |
19 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
20 | Quigley was looking at me in open horror now . |
21 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
22 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
23 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
24 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
25 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
26 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
27 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
28 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
29 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
30 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |