Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] at [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the more I look at her the more convinced I am that she resembles one of the Yorkies . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 4 | The more Creggan himself stared at it the bigger and stranger it became , looming out of the mist , its grey shrouds entwined round it . |
| 5 | I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then . |
| 6 | Many situations of stress feel like a tangled knot of coloured threads — the more you pull at it the worse it gets . |
| 7 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 8 | A large hand smacked into his mouth and although he bit at it the thumb was forced like a gag between his teeth . |