Example sentences of "[verb] at [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shocked into immobility , her heart racing with suffocating speed , she gaped at him stupidly as he added , ‘ Welcome to the Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 2 | But he could only glance at her briefly as he complimented her . |
| 3 | I hope that the Secretary of State will look again at the figures , instead of looking at them superficially as he has done , to see that , in the past five years , the incidence of passenger train collisions has increased by 40 per cent . |
| 4 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 5 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 6 | She paused , looking at him thoughtfully as she went on , ‘ Now you know why I 'm here . |
| 7 | No-one said much to me at tea , although I caught them looking at me sometimes as they sipped at their mugs . |
| 8 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 9 | Some of the services which are being provided , if you look at them critically as we are doing now , are not of as good quality as one would hope . |
| 10 | ‘ Es verdad , ’ he agreed , turning at the door to look at her wryly as her eyes closed . |
| 11 | The Canaletto presumably has not altered , and men still come to look at it just as they repeat Shakespeare 's words . |
| 12 | It had left her a little awe-stricken and she made a move to look at it again as it lay on her dressing-table . |
| 13 | He walked off in front of her and Jenna had no choice at all ; she followed and only had time to glare at him reproachfully as he opened the door and stood aside for her , and then Marguerite was there . |
| 14 | Des stares at me blankly as he puts his shoe on . |
| 15 | He stares at you hard as he passes . |
| 16 | The koko serves us tea respectfully , although she smiles at me complicitly as she hands me my mug . |
| 17 | He glanced at her briefly as he said , ‘ I have n't checked the answering machine . |
| 18 | He glanced at her quickly as he opened his car door . |
| 19 | A low rumble of thunder made her skin break out in a fine rash of goosepimples , and Julius glanced at her sharply as he noticed them . |
| 20 | A woman with a dog stared at them curiously as she passed . |
| 21 | Smiles came from within , they were n't just a facial movement , and she stared at him assessingly as she wondered how she could have been such a fool . |
| 22 | He just walked into her room , closed the door and came across to her , and Maggie stared at him wildly as he took her arm , drew her from the balcony and shut the french window , |
| 23 | Leonora stared at him blankly as he went into the kitchen , wondering what she 'd done to incur his displeasure again . |
| 24 | He stared at me blankly as I held him forward until the spasm passed . |
| 25 | blinked at me blearily as I told him we had better ring the hospital . |
| 26 | The clerk looked at her oddly as she took her purse out of her school satchel and carefully counted out the exact money . |
| 27 | The man looked at her carefully as she nodded . |
| 28 | The man looked at her curiously as he passed , touched his cap and muttered a curt good evening , which she acknowledged equally briefly . |
| 29 | He looked at her questioningly as she hesitated . |
| 30 | She had been standing on the bank above him with her booted feet apart , her hands jammed into the pockets of her tight-fitting breeches , and for a fleeting instant he looked at her appraisingly as he had done at the reception . |