Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What yer doin' ? ’ one of the riggers shouted at him . |
| 5 | The experimental birds now tended to avoid the viceroys , and the control birds to peck at them ( Table 5.1 ) . |
| 6 | Blue eyes twinkled at her . |
| 7 | His eyes twinkled at her as he added , ‘ Would you allow me to buy you supper before I take you home ? ’ |
| 8 | Tiny red eyes gleamed at her for a moment before disappearing . |
| 9 | ‘ How dare you say that ! ’ she cried angrily , her eyes flashing at him . |
| 10 | Did she imagine it or did a head of bronze curls pop round the door , and were a pair of peacock-blue eyes gazing at her with implacable hatred ? |
| 11 | It was hard for Sophie to face the kindly accusation in the two pairs of eyes gazing at her . |
| 12 | The finished brow and eyes leered at her and she imagined a bacchanalian wreath twined in the wisped locks of his hair . |
| 13 | Her terrified eyes gazed at him as she stood with his back to her , both hands braced against the door , staring at the ground between his feet . |
| 14 | Like one , all six typewriters stopped and six pairs of eyes gazed at him above the machines . |
| 15 | The baby doll 's blue glass eyes winked at her . |
| 16 | One of the statue 's black marble eyes winked at her . |
| 17 | The black eyes rolled at her , and the wild laughter came to a hiccuping halt . |
| 18 | There were rainbow clumps of raw colour which sizzled and suddenly coiled into snakelike forms as she approached and lifted serpentine heads to hiss at her ; there were pouring cascades of things that had appeared to be silk or velvet , but which were molten gold when she got nearer and made her remember Fael-Inis and the cascading River and the salamanders . |
| 19 | In her annoyance she grabbed his arm and he spun round with frightening speed , his dark eyes leaping at her . |
| 20 | It was worth every penny of the admission fee just to hear all the colourful comments and words of advice that both sets of supporters shouted at him as he left the pitch at the end . |
| 21 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 22 | ‘ Are you telling me or accusing me ? ’ he asked , his eyes laughing at her . |
| 23 | He has to respond like a well-trained dog to demands shouted at him . |
| 24 | Now she was safely east-north-east in her green canopy , her pale lips laughing at them all . |
| 25 | Expertly held , the monkey began whimpering again , his sad eyes looking at them imploringly , and Sophie 's heart was wrung with pity . |
| 26 | got cod roe and fish cakes for supper and bought four salmon heads ( OH how I hate those glazed eyes looking at me when first one steams them to get the good flesh off ) for soup . |
| 27 | I thought it ; was a dream … eyes looking at me . |
| 28 | Weasel eyes looking at her . |
| 29 | Alyssia asked politely , unable to ignore Piers sitting to her left , one leg crossed over the other , his eyes looking at her narrowly . |
| 30 | He looked into the mirror to see a pair of brown eyes looking at him levelly , appreciative of and amused by his scrutiny . |