Example sentences of "[adv] at [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or would you eat the chocolate very quickly without thinking or even looking much at it at all ? |
| 2 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |
| 3 | She shrugged his hand away and glared up at him , her pale face a trifle flushed , and he looked down at her with sardonic interest . |
| 4 | He smiled down at her with warm approval . |
| 5 | She only became aware of her rather foolish escapade when she found Alain towering over her , looking down at her with narrowed , amused eyes , his lips quirking very close to open laughter . |
| 6 | Dyson stood by the stove , gazing down at her with serious ferocity . |
| 7 | Guy stood up and smiled down at her with such glittering mockery that she wanted to thump him . |
| 8 | Suddenly a tall , broad-shouldered man was standing in her path , arms extended , glowering down at her with all the wrath of hell . |
| 9 | He suddenly swung her up into his arms , looking down at her with burning eyes . |
| 10 | But he just raised his eyebrows , looking down at her with mocking disdain . |
| 11 | Rune barred her way , staring down at her with puzzled , angry eyes , his breath sawing heavily between his teeth . |
| 12 | She opened her eyes and froze with horror and disbelief at the sight of a vast creature staring down at her with green eyes each as big as a lilypond . |
| 13 | He was driving her crazy the way he was holding her and the way he was looking down at her with smouldering blue eyes . |
| 14 | His mouth was warm and firm , hungry , moving against hers with complete command so that when he lifted his head and looked down at her with glittering eyes she was breathless . |
| 15 | His blue eyes twinkled down at her with sudden , unexpected mischief and he offered her his arm . |
| 16 | She dived into her bag and held out the necessary money , and at least it stopped him in his tracks , although it left him looking down at her with less than pleasure . |
| 17 | He stared down at her at such length , with such kindling desire in his dark eyes , that she felt the heat flood through her , a hot , sweet eruption of desire . |
| 18 | Suddenly those flaring sapphire eyes were inches from hers , looking down at her from great heights , forcing her to lift her chin a notch higher than was comfortable to look into them . |
| 19 | After taking my blood pressure and temperature , they took turns to poke , prod and press , then stood gazing down at me with puzzled wonder . |
| 20 | Mr Parsons looked down at me at last , and I could see a different embarrassment replacing the first as he met my ironic eye . |
| 21 | Anyway , there I was lying on the pavement on my back , looking up the skirt of a very tall Quantas air hostess who was looking down at me in equal amazement . |
| 22 | There were a few houses whose wrought-iron balconies were crammed with plants : great pots of geraniums , full and dark , the flowers looking down at me like tiny faces , intently . |
| 23 | The three handsome giants looked down at him with wooden menace . |
| 24 | Sometimes , he would catch glimpses of wonderful things through the trees : silver wolves slipping like fluid between the gnarled trunks , their eyes the blue of an early autumn sky ; hewkin maidens of astounding loveliness dancing in a spotlight of moonbeams , curling their slim green hands towards him in bird-like gestures ; ghost children with berry-red faces and tomb-black eyes , laughing down at him from high branches . |
| 25 | He looked up to see that she was smiling down at him in such a way that he could not help grinning in response . |
| 26 | Her hand stilled as she looked down at him in outraged astonishment . |
| 27 | ‘ The draw from a loaded deck of cards , ’ he muttered darkly , and she glanced down at him in some surprise . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's just … ’ she smiled tremulously at him through damp , spiky eyelashes ‘ … it 's just that I ca n't … |
| 29 | Suddenly the spaceport hall crowded in at her with light and noise and shadow . |
| 30 | In contrast , the D-32 's tighter , more introverted qualities mean that you can thrash away at it with complete abandon and still get a smooth , rich , controlled and , it has to be said , very Martin-esque result . |