Example sentences of "at [pers pn] in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was looking at me in a desperate way . |
| 2 | I asked him after a lecture he gave in Cambridge , and he looked at me in a vague way and said yes , he would . |
| 3 | And as we drove away , we had n't travelled down the road very far when my wife looked at me in a certain way … and I knew that she wanted Low Birk Hatt as much as me . |
| 4 | But in a book he 's written he 's had a real big pop at me in a sour way . |
| 5 | He was looking at me in a puzzled way . |
| 6 | He half-levelled the rifle at me in a menacing way . |
| 7 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 8 | ‘ Colds , catarrh and sinusitis , ’ he said , looking at me in a funny way . |
| 9 | ‘ Only stakin' 'is claim , ’ Granpa used to tell the customers as he pointed at me in the wooden box . |
| 10 | She glanced at me in an odd way . |
| 11 | He flourished the bloody sword at them in a mocking salute , then trotted back to the road . |
| 12 | Look at them in a new way . |
| 13 | There is no doubt that some problems can be solved with ease if only we can get to look at them in a different way . |
| 14 | Mr Malik beamed at them in a fatherly manner . |
| 15 | The problems of crofting may be insoluble in terms of practical politics , but , if we look at them in the right way , we may find that they themselves are a resource . |
| 16 | Somebody looks at you in the wrong way some morning , you know , what 's the matter with you , that type of thing you know . |
| 17 | The Tories gazed at her in a new light . |
| 18 | He bared his teeth at her in a friendly way . |
| 19 | AN 87-year-old woman ditched her toyboy husband after he threw an ashtray at her in a blazing row , a court heard yesterday . |
| 20 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 21 | Is that the real reason you tried so hard to keep us apart ? ’ he barked the questions at her in a harsh undertone . |
| 22 | As though humouring her , he put out his arms and held her loosely round the waist , smiling at her in a sympathetic way , as one does to an invalid . |
| 23 | He stared at her in the poor light that filtered through a tiny window above the door . |
| 24 | They looked at her in the flickering light of the matches . |
| 25 | She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light . |
| 26 | Silas stood still to stare at her in the dim light . |
| 27 | She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the red firelight . |
| 28 | The landlady stared at her in an uncomfortable silence . |
| 29 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 30 | They glance up at Howard , looking at him in a new way . |