Example sentences of "was [v-ing] at him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 2 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 3 | He waited for her smile but she was looking at him with a serious , strained expression . |
| 4 | Ivy was looking at him with a peculiar expression . |
| 5 | Ellen was looking at him with an expression he had never seen before . |
| 6 | Nadine was staring at him with a fascination entirely disproportionate to his remark , a fascination , indeed , bordering on transfixion . |
| 7 | Patrizia Valesio was staring at him with the expression of one who is not to be put off by interruptions . |
| 8 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 9 | The great rat was staring at him from the hole in the corner of the picture . |
| 10 | 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 . |