Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked up at me steadily for a moment before she spoke . |
| 2 | He looked at me quietly for a moment . |
| 3 | She stared at me blankly for a moment , then turned and went back to the sitting room . |
| 4 | He stared at her steadily for a moment and then nodded . |
| 5 | He looked at her steadily for a moment and then his hard expression softened considerably . |
| 6 | He stared at her incredulously for a moment , then , as he began to speak , she forestalled him . |
| 7 | Detective Inspector Aziz looked at her carefully for a minute . |
| 8 | He tilted her face , looking at her deeply for a moment and then letting her go . |
| 9 | Her mother looked at her vacantly for a moment , then she said in a weak voice , ‘ My poor girl . |
| 10 | We gazed at her blankly for a moment before recovering and saying we would , please . |
| 11 | Lissa stared at her blankly for a moment . |
| 12 | He stared at her blankly for a moment . |
| 13 | He stared at her bleakly for a moment then turned on his heel . |
| 14 | She stared at him hopelessly for a fraction of a second and then she looked away as tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not them I 'm — ’ She broke off , stared at him intently for a moment , then said : ‘ What do you know about me , Mr … |
| 16 | Theda continued to look at him uncertainly for a moment . |
| 17 | She looked at him enigmatically for a moment , and then said , ‘ I have kept you from something . |
| 18 | Sylvie looked at him uncomprehendingly for a moment . |
| 19 | Rostov looked at him levelly for a moment , then he turned away . |
| 20 | Whenever Doris was n't looking , Charlie would play peek-a-boo with her and she would stare at him stonily for a minute and then turn her head pointedly away . |
| 21 | I looked at him doubtfully for a moment . |
| 22 | Laura 's mind was in a whirl as she gazed at him silently for a moment . |
| 23 | " Oh , darling , perhaps not just now , " Maman parted a sticky strand of Nicandra 's green-blonde hair and looked at it sadly for a moment . |
| 24 | somebody comes to look at it just for a view I mean , I say , I , I 'm quite happy coming like I said th if you motion behind there , make the bar presentable we 'll fill it out with stock then that 'll look better |
| 25 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 26 | He placed the receiver down , stared at it thoughtfully for a moment , then turned back into the room , intending to join the Hatches in the garden . |
| 27 | Dr Mortimer looked at us strangely for a moment . |
| 28 | He looked at us solemnly for a moment then , without a word , took us home for lunch . |