Example sentences of "had [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A heartbeat before , he had looked at her with blind passion , then with something that bordered on contempt . |
| 2 | On the one occasion she had broached the subject of his mother , David had looked at her with cold eyes , saying in a hard voice , ‘ My mother was her own worst enemy . |
| 3 | Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ? |
| 4 | Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody had looked at it in great detail , ’ he said . |
| 6 | His ex-wife had cried at him for three years . |
| 7 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |