Example sentences of "was [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 2 | Quigley was looking at me in open horror now . |
| 3 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 4 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 5 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 6 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
| 7 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 8 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
| 9 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 10 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
| 11 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 12 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 13 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 14 | He glanced up at her face again , and discovered that she was looking at him with some interest , and it struck him that until now starvation had held her attention to the exclusion of all else . |
| 15 | Louise , his warm-hearted , likeable , former neighbour was looking at him with obvious concern . |
| 16 | Miss Jarman was glaring at him with impatient curiosity and strong distaste . |
| 17 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 18 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 19 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |
| 20 | Opening heavy lids , she found that he was staring at her with burning eyes , yet she was aware that he 'd imposed on himself an icy control . |
| 21 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're the obvious person to do it , ’ Cara , ignoring that her sister was staring at her in total disbelief , went on . |