Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] in " in BNC.

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1 She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat .
2 He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had .
3 Rachel could only glare at him in silent hatred , not trusting herself to speak .
4 The dancers , from what Lucy had seen , were all pretty good in their way ; she 'd even begun to develop a liking for Maurice , who 'd winked at her in the corridor earlier .
5 She yowled at him in complaint .
6 I sometimes find myself using them yet long years you know when I thought I 'd forgotten them and any younger person just looks at me in amazement and has no idea what I 'm talking about .
7 He looks at her in fear : ‘ the cleft was like a dumb , stupid mouth . ’
8 Paul looks at him in surprise : ‘ Why , that 's the Eiffel Tower ! ’
9 She smoothes the dress out against her front and looks at it in the mirror .
10 ‘ It 's got to the point where he looks at you in the morning as if he 's wondering where we are going to send him next .
11 She looks at you in a state of undress with undisguised shock .
12 Somebody looks at you in the wrong way some morning , you know , what 's the matter with you , that type of thing you know .
13 She gaped at him in blank astonishment , then frowned .
14 He gaped at me in silly bliss .
15 Evelyn gaped at her in amazement .
16 Molly passed a cup to Cornelius , who perched it on the palm of his hand and gaped at it in awe .
17 He had looked at her in a way that frightened and worried her , but looking back she became excited and stirred by his attention .
18 Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ?
19 Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’
20 The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted .
21 The thin , capable woman who was taking the riding-class looked at him in amazement as he leaned panting on the gate to the ring , the dog whining beside him .
22 On the other hand , now he thought about it — that was one of the advantages of taking time out to think things through — there had been occasions when she had looked at him in a special way which made him think that she might not reject him .
23 Sixty-eight per cent of the population have read or looked at it in the past year .
24 ‘ Nobody had looked at it in great detail , ’ he said .
25 Of course I have looked at it in the past , many , many times .
26 So , I think that the er , education committee has taken the , the report seriously and quite recently has looked at it in depth .
27 Er , so , there is undoubtedly a lot of work still to be done in making the D S O competitive , as for building maintenance work , I 'm not certain we 've ever considered having a building maintenance D S O. We may have looked at it in the days before D S Os , but that 's er , a long time ago , and it 's certainly worth having a look .
28 ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on .
29 Once the target is located , the kicking leg is thrust at it in a straight line .
30 I want to try and stop shouting at you in the morning so I 'm going to put out your clothes for you to get dressed .
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