Example sentences of "[verb] at [pers pn] and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing her there , Stephen had to remind himself — for nothing in her bearing hinted at it and no vestige of hand-some looks remained — that she had once been the mistress of Alfred Osborn Tace . |
| 2 | Even so , by the time he finally put down his wooden weapon and rebuckled his sword belt , his recently healed collarbone was shouting at him and the older injuries over his body joined in . |
| 3 | But she turned away without looking at him and the next moment Doyle had him by the arm and was hauling him upstairs . |
| 4 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me |
| 5 | Everybody has read about out of body experiences and I do n't know if that is what it was , but I was not frightened by the person who was looking at me and the image that I had and that I still have in my mind is that it looked like me . |
| 6 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 7 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 8 | She guessed that her weekly visits made her a regular , for the keyboard player nodded at her and the guitarist/vocalist grinned . |
| 9 | Now he did look at her and the look was almost forlorn . |
| 10 | And the Father could not look at him and the Spirit fled away . |
| 11 | In Mondano-in-Chianti three old men , busily engaged in sitting on a wall beside the petrol pumps , seemed to jeer at her and a child threw a small stone which rattled against her car bonnet . |
| 12 | As far as Wales are concerned , the feeling afterwards was a sense of relief for being able to throw back at the French everything their opponents threw at them and a mood of confidence that their hard work is slowly paying dividends . |
| 13 | All the ward visitors were staring at me and the other nurses looked over in disbelief . |
| 14 | I think it 's disgusting you blokes staring at it and the girls go we do n't mind , you know |
| 15 | I bet he did n't even look up to see the goalkeeper coming at him and a defender closing in ready to clatter him when he scored . |
| 16 | I can see your poor little furious red face now , glaring at me and the tears kept running down your cheeks into your ears and I remember wondering if one 's brain could become waterlogged . |
| 17 | Mrs Toye stared at her and a strange smile spread across her face . |
| 18 | Some of them stared at me and a woman asked the Feldwebel who I was but there was no sign of hostility . |
| 19 | Kelly stared at it and the lad hurried on . |
| 20 | It was terrible , I just sat in the house all day and when my husband was n't working he 'd just scream at me and the kids would be screaming and he 'd be hitting them . " |
| 21 | Yet his expression as he looked at her and the strength with which he seized her arm made her uncomfortably aware of their isolated position . |
| 22 | She was well aware that she purred inside like a cat if he even looked at her and the whole thing filled her with amazement . |
| 23 | They looked at them and looked at them and the more they did the less they understood . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ As it was being carried , some stockbrokers began tugging at it and a scuffle ensued . |
| 29 | Two of them stood with their rifles levelled at her and the third raised his palm and made a short , brusque , fly-swatting kind of gesture . |