Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 2 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 3 | Mr Hobbs gazed at me as if fascinated . |
| 4 | Peggy gazed at her in dismay . |
| 5 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 6 | Blundell 's School magazine later observed : ‘ Parisian cricket is not of the Comic Opera kind one would expect … we dreamt of French demon bowlers with pro-Boer tendencies hurling at us on bumpy wickets . ’ |
| 7 | Ma peered at him over the top of the evening paper , Her eyes were shifty with guilt . |
| 8 | Heidi gazed at him in astonishment . |
| 9 | Tiny red eyes gleamed at her for a moment before disappearing . |
| 10 | Did she imagine it or did a head of bronze curls pop round the door , and were a pair of peacock-blue eyes gazing at her with implacable hatred ? |
| 11 | Like one , all six typewriters stopped and six pairs of eyes gazed at him above the machines . |
| 12 | Sylvie gazed at him in momentary confusion . |
| 13 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 14 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 15 | Bella peered at her through the dark . |
| 16 | The bear roared at him with fury , its black muzzle and huge jaws covered in a thick white froth . |
| 17 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 18 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 19 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 20 | His eyes sparked at her like firecrackers . |
| 21 | Shiona frowned at him with irritation . |
| 22 | It vanished for a while , but then shone brightly at them as the car reached the top of the small hill and again they shielded their eyes to look at it like actors on a stage . |
| 23 | One of the porters beamed at me from under his large straw hat . |
| 24 | I opened the conservatory door to slip out to my bedroom the back way and noticed a pair of eyes peering at me from behind the rubber plant in the far corner , distorted by the old glass . |
| 25 | And with his round face and friendly little circular eyes peering at you from behind those less-than-state-of-the-art spectacles . |
| 26 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 27 | Edward glanced at her with reproach . |
| 28 | Erica grinned at me like a witch , saying , ‘ You 're much too physical for the literati . ’ |
| 29 | She walked back into the house , and Piers glanced at her with one raised eyebrow . |
| 30 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |