Example sentences of "in amazement at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Cormack stared in amazement at the tall man near the door , his raincoat half-open , holding up a clothes-peg in his left hand . |
| 2 | Ramlal held his breath in amazement at the extraordinary lie that had suddenly entered his head . |
| 3 | At the door , Theda almost bumped into the landlord , who was standing in amazement at the acrimonious scene within the room . |
| 4 | " In that case I 'll accompany you , " he said abruptly , and offered her his arm like the gentleman he wanted to be , so that the women and old men who sat at their doorways in West Street stared in amazement at the unprecedented sight of Harry Pascoe on an errand of mercy with his wife . |
| 5 | I looked up in amazement at the abrupt shift . |
| 6 | But all her frantic thoughts were cut short as she opened the door , to see her own children sitting , staring in amazement at the red-faced boy in the middle of the floor with his hands raised to strike one of them . |