Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a tendency , even a compulsion to repeat short phrases which seemed particularly apt : to hammer at them as if something was being shaped on an anvil , or as if each phrase was a key which unlocked whole galleries of memory . |
| 2 | He coughed twice before saying , ‘ Yes ? ’ then leaned forward and peered at her as if his sight were bad , then coughed a harsh , chest-tearing cough before asking further , ‘ Yes , what d' you want ? ’ |
| 3 | He looks at me as if I am crazy , and watches a grateful cat dragging the carcass to a safe distance with disapproval . |
| 4 | They gaped at her as if she was an alien from outer space , as she shook the snow from her fur cap and quilted jacket . |
| 5 | But she had linked arms with Len because she was so glad that he was next to her , between her and that boy who had looked at her as if , well as if she was indecently dressed or something . |
| 6 | The last time I had seen him , on the night of the fire , he had held my hands , told me I had saved his life , and looked at me as if he loved me . |
| 7 | I 'll never forget that I will never forget that , I had , I 'll told my mum like that we I told my mum we 'd be sleeping over and she said that was alright and she sort of looked at me as if to say mm , yes will Helena 's brother be there ? |
| 8 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 9 | I think he must have just looked at us as guys who could take care of themselves , no problem . ’ |
| 10 | His harsh voice shouted at them as if they were at the top of the rigging , rather than a stone 's throw from his feet . |
| 11 | For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress . |
| 12 | Everybody will be looking at them as scabs , wherever they go . |
| 13 | From then on , I took more interest in him , looking at him as more than just my employer . |
| 14 | She made the mistake of looking at him as the thought formed in her mind , and had to suppress a gasp of awareness as she met his gaze . |
| 15 | She was not now looking at him as a child looked . |
| 16 | A small , dark , intense man with a beard and drooping moustache , who is probably looking at me as if he would like to put daggers in my back ? ’ |
| 17 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 18 | He 'd got up , and he was looking at me as if to say Coming ? supposing he was the kind of normal person who said that kind of thing . |
| 19 | I can see some of you looking at me as if I 'm crazy , although many of you have seen the beast . |
| 20 | I 'm the company secretary , so it was essential that I was there and , as our timetables kept being shifted , I could see Martin looking at me as if to say is she going to make it ? |
| 21 | He was looking at me as if he really hated me ; he seized me by the shoulders and pushed me over to the bathroom mirror . |
| 22 | But he 's started looking at me as if to say , ‘ Perhaps she does understand after all . ’ ' |
| 23 | He sits in his chair looking at me as if he ai n't scared . |
| 24 | But she was looking at me as if we were long-lost friends . |
| 25 | Now well I 'm sitting there , Robert 's my customer and like I 'm sitting there and he comes out with this fabulous spiel , right , as this objection , right , that was word perfect and he 's sitting there after he 's finished it as smug as anything and looking at me as if to say so what are you gon na do about that then ? |
| 26 | Anyway I 'll , I 'll just finish er telling you this , so Robert 's then sitting back smug with himself and looking at me as if to say what do you think about then , and I 'm thinking I 've heard these words before , where have I heard these words before |
| 27 | looking at me as if hey erm and all this like you know she was looking as if |
| 28 | I think that this is best explained , not by looking at lots of particular theories , but by looking at one as an example of how the basic problem — how cumulative selection got its start — might be solved . |
| 29 | The child did n't move , and just sat there looking at her as if astonished . |
| 30 | He did not answer , just stood there looking at her as if trying to make up his mind how to begin . |