Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 2 | Perdita gazed at him , her white left cheek slowly turning bright scarlet , her eyes widening in horror . |
| 3 | Mr Hobbs gazed at me as if fascinated . |
| 4 | ‘ You have your instructions , girls , ’ Haverford winked at them . |
| 5 | Sophie gazed at him affectionately . |
| 6 | Anyway he says it will be decided upon cos it 's the half an hour to go at it , you watch in the end . |
| 7 | Peggy gazed at her in dismay . |
| 8 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 9 | Sabrina lunged at him . |
| 10 | Gran 's stick lunged at it and dug out an ugly lump . |
| 11 | Sheila gaped at him . |
| 12 | Blundell 's School magazine later observed : ‘ Parisian cricket is not of the Comic Opera kind one would expect … we dreamt of French demon bowlers with pro-Boer tendencies hurling at us on bumpy wickets . ’ |
| 13 | Frau Nordern snatched at it . |
| 14 | It was only then that he became aware of the stench of fetid breath as the figure drew its lips back over yellowing teeth to snarl at him again ; only then that he saw raging , bloodshot eyes glaring out at him from the hair covered face . |
| 15 | What yer doin' ? ’ one of the riggers shouted at him . |
| 16 | Kemp looks at her as they shrink within a dark cave , besieged by O'Brien and his men : |
| 17 | Ma looks at him . |
| 18 | Isabel gaped at him , horrified . |
| 19 | Sergeant Nafi looks at me , sighs and closes his eyes . |
| 20 | When Mr Palmer arrived I did n't tell him I was caddying for Gary , and I do n't know whether he 'd forgotten or what , but when Gary says to me , ‘ OK , Tip , let's go , ’ Arnold looks at me and says , ‘ What are you doing , Tip ? ’ |
| 21 | Denis shouted at him . |
| 22 | I stumbled across the threshold but before I could say anything Mum shouted at me , ‘ Where 'ave yow bin all this time ? |
| 23 | The experimental birds now tended to avoid the viceroys , and the control birds to peck at them ( Table 5.1 ) . |
| 24 | Luce gaped at him . |
| 25 | The soldiers grew uneasy and grumbled amongst themselves so Mandeville shouted at them to begin the search . |
| 26 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 27 | The yellow shirt looks at me . |
| 28 | Blue eyes twinkled at her . |
| 29 | His eyes twinkled at her as he added , ‘ Would you allow me to buy you supper before I take you home ? ’ |
| 30 | Donna lunged at him , aware that his face was unprotected as he clutched at his genitals with both hands . |