Example sentences of "at [pron] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 2 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 3 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 4 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 5 | She looked at them for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 7 | I had photographs of Anne , naturally , and I 'd stared at them for a whole year , but they were n't very good . |
| 8 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
| 9 | I gazed at her for a long time , slowly enraptured . |
| 10 | As they stood patiently in a doorway waiting for the column to pass , Catherine turned to say something to McLeish and he looked down at her for a long moment . |
| 11 | Evelyn looked at her for a long moment . |
| 12 | He took another step backwards and stared at her for a long moment before saying , ‘ This is the last time I 'll ever look on you willingly . ’ |
| 13 | He stared down at her for a long moment , his mouth very close to her own . |
| 14 | He looked at her for a long moment , puffing on his seisha , then spoke for the first time . |
| 15 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 16 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , then shook his head in disbelief . |
| 17 | Mr Braybrooke looked at her for a long moment . |
| 18 | He gazed down at her for a long moment , studying her features as if trying to re-gather his thoughts . |
| 19 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |
| 20 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he walked slowly towards her . |
| 21 | He looked at her for a long moment , and then he reached out and slid his hand under her hair , around the nape of her neck . |
| 22 | He stared at her for a long moment , and then he turned , stuffed his hands into his trouser pockets , and stared out over the lake . |
| 23 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
| 24 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 25 | Charsky gazes at him for a long time , sadly . |
| 26 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 27 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
| 28 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 29 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 30 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |