Example sentences of "was [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever . |
| 32 | It was coming at me like a bullet , head shaking , lips curled back , teeth long and yellow and by far the biggest I 'd ever seen on a rabbit , live or dead . |
| 33 | As I left , Estella 's lovely face looked at me in wonder , but Miss Havisham was staring at me with a mixture of pity and guilt . |
| 34 | On the contrary , she was staring at me with an almost manic intensity . |
| 35 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 36 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 37 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 38 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 39 | The old man was staring at her in a most disconcerting way . |
| 40 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 41 | I was to get at 'er in the bedroom , 'e said . |
| 42 | The celebrations passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented level of security , although the Queen 's speech was disrupted by Maori hecklers , and a wet T-shirt was thrown at her by a woman who was later charged with disorderly conduct . |
| 43 | Salt was scowling at her like a dried prune . |
| 44 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
| 45 | She had the face of a cat or a witch , but although she was smiling at him in a queerly macabre way , she looked exhausted and forlorn . |