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 . |