Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If he had come at me with a knife , I would have fought him . |
| 3 | The person who had nearly strangled her had come at her from behind . |
| 4 | Piggy believed that he had overcome his disabilities and looked at himself in a very different way from the other boys . |
| 5 | ‘ Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately ? ’ |
| 6 | Well the new one was the new one was we looked at one in the gas |
| 7 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I might have looked at her outside the church and seen just another assembly-line bride . |
| 10 | She had dreamt about him that night , she remembered , and in her dream he had looked at her with a smile of recognition . |
| 11 | On the one occasion she had broached the subject of his mother , David had looked at her with cold eyes , saying in a hard voice , ‘ My mother was her own worst enemy . |
| 12 | A heartbeat before , he had looked at her with blind passion , then with something that bordered on contempt . |
| 13 | And the way she 'd looked at her on the doorstep , and the cup of tea she 'd spilled and blamed on her age . |
| 14 | He had looked at her in a way that frightened and worried her , but looking back she became excited and stirred by his attention . |
| 15 | Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ? |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Twenty minutes later , she was still trying to forget the way he had looked at her before slamming the door behind him . |
| 18 | ‘ Unless Flixe needs me , ’ he said , looking at his wife with a mixture of protectiveness and adoration that made Julia think back to her own honeymoon and wonder whether Anthony had ever looked at her like that . |
| 19 | Why had he looked at her like that ? |
| 20 | No man had ever looked at her like that in her life , and his eyes left her in no uncertain terms as to what he was thinking . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | Nobody has ever looked at me like that . |
| 24 | Looked at me like that . |
| 25 | The women who were working there looked at me in a kind curious way at first and then took me for granted . |
| 26 | She had laughed , looked at him with some of her usual mischief on her face , erasing for a moment the memory of what had so recently passed . |
| 27 | She had looked at him for a long time , at first solemnly and then with mounting anger . |
| 28 | How she had looked at him on their wedding day — as if he were a god ! |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |