Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [pers pn] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | The bear roared at him with fury , its black muzzle and huge jaws covered in a thick white froth . |
| 3 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 4 | Shiona frowned at him with irritation . |
| 5 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 6 | Edward glanced at her with reproach . |
| 7 | She walked back into the house , and Piers glanced at her with one raised eyebrow . |
| 8 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 9 | Visiting players , Raimundo , the grooms and Alejandro looked at her with ill-concealed lust , but her dead-pan hauteur and Señor Gracias ' large , looming presence kept them at bay . |
| 10 | Brassard stared at her with his mouth open for a full five seconds . |
| 11 | The priest looked at her with contempt . |
| 12 | The stranger looked at me with his good eye . |
| 13 | There is the camel rider of Blunt in the glaring light and the thorn bushes clutching at him with their crooked hands . |
| 14 | Morley looked at her with genuine concern . |
| 15 | Grimma stared at her with the kind of expression reserved for people who turn out , against all expectation , to have interesting and secret histories . |
| 16 | Emilia stared at him with Medusa 's eyes a moment then eased herself further into the bed where she lay gripping the coverlet with white fingers . |
| 17 | Nikos looked at him with scorn , scooped up the remaining papers and went out . |
| 18 | ’ Woolley looked at them with stony satisfaction |
| 19 | Meredith looked at him with bitterness . |
| 20 | Hari looked at him with raised eyebrows . |
| 21 | Even Granny was shocked when Grimma looked at her with a face from which all the colour had drained away . |
| 22 | Edward looked at her with grey eyes like Tilda 's , but without much expectation from life . |
| 23 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |
| 24 | Piers looked at them with a frown . |
| 25 | Piers looked at her with interest . |
| 26 | His voice was quiet , matter-of-fact and kind , and his eyes smiled at her with interest and curiosity , she thought , beyond the mere charm he must use by native grace upon all who came near him and were weaker than he . |
| 27 | To look across and see that gorgeous smile , find those brilliant eyes burning at you with desire and love , instead of derision and mockery . |
| 28 | She could n't take any more of Naylor 's aggression , of Naylor looking at her with such dislike , of Naylor thinking she was anybody 's . |
| 29 | Nick Stanton gazed at her with an uncustomary scowl . |
| 30 | She held a candle aloft and saw the other child looking at her with eyes like saucers . |