Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood and stared at me the man with a vague anger , it seemed , the girl expressionlessly . |
| 2 | The more Creggan himself stared at it the bigger and stranger it became , looming out of the mist , its grey shrouds entwined round it . |
| 3 | The more people laughed at them the more stubborn she got . |
| 4 | The more the boys looked at him the more they realised the man was totally oblivious of his surroundings . |
| 5 | She walked across to Georg and looked at him the way she looked at Gesner . |
| 6 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 7 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 8 | A large hand smacked into his mouth and although he bit at it the thumb was forced like a gag between his teeth . |
| 9 | On the other hand , Lindsey found herself thinking , if Niall smiled at her the way he had smiled a few minutes ago , the dear lady probably would n't even need an anaesthetic ! |
| 10 | Whoever killed Father Reynard shot at us the previous evening . |