Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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1 | Isabel found herself staring at Matilda 's kindly face , completely at a loss . |
2 | Without meaning to , O found himself staring at them too . |
3 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
4 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
5 | Paige found herself blinking at him . |
6 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
7 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
8 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
9 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
10 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
11 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
12 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
13 | Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces . |
14 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
15 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
16 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
17 | Polly found herself staring at his thighs , mesmerised by the powerful muscles that bunched and flexed beneath bronzed skin dusted with gold-brown hair . |
18 | As soon as the doors are opened , the adventurers find themselves standing at the threshold of room 49 . |