Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel could only glare at him in silent hatred , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 2 | A lot of humans had been in to look at him in the last few minutes . |
| 3 | But the others could only stare at him in speechless amazement . |
| 4 | David remained close for a brief moment , perhaps hoping that she would retract her words , but Beth only looked at him in that certain proud manner which told him she would not change her mind . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | you 're not looking at it in the same way at all . |
| 7 | It 's just looking at it in a slightly different way and trying , I 've done some things there to show you a , a sort of a system to use , use your own if you like but I want to see what comes in , what goes out , every time energy changes from one form into another form . |
| 8 | So do not look at me in that accusing way , little sister ! ’ |
| 9 | You see , because they just look at it in a completely different way . |
| 10 | He tells himself Potter is not staring at him in a racist way . |
| 11 | I appreciate that one must approach the matter with considerable caution , and that we can not go at it in a bull-at-a-gate fashion . |
| 12 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 13 | He hardly flinched , just stared at her in horrified amazement . |
| 14 | " Can I top you up , Mr Willoughby ? " asked Lucy in the most polished social manner that anyone could desire , and soon the Magistrate was drinking his third cup of hot water , and still gazing at her in fascination , or to be more precise , at the back of her neck , which was the part of her which most interested him . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said slowly , still looking at her in that peculiar way , ‘ you really are rather a remarkable person . ’ |
| 16 | Dann turned the gun in his hands , still staring at it in the passing flares of street lighting . |
| 17 | He moved his head slowly and still looked at me in silence . |
| 18 | They both looked at her in amazement . |
| 19 | Felicity goes on staring at him in astonishment . |
| 20 | Er the county council acknowledges that inward investment is important but because of the nature of the local economy and competition elsewhere , I think we realistically look at it in terms of er it going to provide a small contribution to the local economy . |
| 21 | His life would be a charade , for every time he took her in his arms he would see the face of the girl now smiling at him in a way which lit fires in his heart . |
| 22 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 23 | He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had . |
| 24 | She 's , well looking at her in P S E D and she looked so cute and adorable ! |
| 25 | For instance , when people find out that my father ran off with a schoolgirl they invariably look at me in a particular way , which means one of two things , if not both of them . |
| 26 | Fact recognition method it 's a piece of hardware and one of the things that 's clear actually is that er the Alexander worlds and all sorts of other people that were working on this do n't look at them in this way and they look at these as I say ram blocks . |
| 27 | She could n't look at him in the face . |
| 28 | I never even look at them in shops . |
| 29 | She reached out and took the bottle from his hand and turned it around to examine the label , while he simply looked at her in amazement . |
| 30 | Mrs Browning gave an exclamation of astonishment — a great breathing-out and almost a groan that came with it — and Mr Browning simply stared at her in disbelief . |