Example sentences of "at [pers pn] in a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | He flourished the bloody sword at them in a mocking salute , then trotted back to the road . |
| 10 | Look at them in a new way . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr Malik beamed at them in a fatherly manner . |
| 13 | The Tories gazed at her in a new light . |
| 14 | He bared his teeth at her in a friendly way . |
| 15 | AN 87-year-old woman ditched her toyboy husband after he threw an ashtray at her in a blazing row , a court heard yesterday . |
| 16 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 17 | Is that the real reason you tried so hard to keep us apart ? ’ he barked the questions at her in a harsh undertone . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 20 | They glance up at Howard , looking at him in a new way . |
| 21 | Vernon , 18 , hero of non-League Bath City 's FA Cup win over Cardiff , is on trial with Saints and manager Ian Branfoot wants to look at him in a reserve game . |
| 22 | Bessie chuckled and waved her hand at him in a dismissing gesture . |
| 23 | On the other hand , now he thought about it — that was one of the advantages of taking time out to think things through — there had been occasions when she had looked at him in a special way which made him think that she might not reject him . |
| 24 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
| 25 | She looked up at him in a dazed manner . |
| 26 | Jenna turned and looked at him in a startled manner . |
| 27 | Charles 's earliest memory is playing quietly on the floor with a train set while his mother sat sobbing on the edge of the bed , his father smiling weakly at him in a forlorn attempt to reassure his son that everything was all right . |
| 28 | Maggie looked at him in a bemused way and he smiled to himself , leading her onwards . |
| 29 | When he closed his eyes , fatigue swam up at him in a mazy spiral , making his head spin as if he were drunk . |
| 30 | She smiled down at him in a funny way , stroked his head , touched his cheek with the back of her fingers . |