Example sentences of "[be] [verb] at [pers pn] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction . |
| 2 | You may well find , on looking at it again , that there are various elements that you want to change , and it is much easier to take an objective view of your work if you are looking at it with a fresh eye . |
| 3 | But we 're looking at it with hindsight , we ca n't just say that because of this this that and the other erm that pragmatism did overrule at this particular point in time . |
| 4 | What would I be looking at it with ? |
| 5 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 6 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 7 | I felt people were looking at me with my father in mind . |
| 8 | They were looking at him with an air that mingled irony and respect . |
| 9 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 10 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 11 | The pilots were looking at him with a mixture of dread and shock . |
| 12 | The two other officers were staring at me with a curiosity which I had at first thought similar to the curiosity I had found among the soldiers . |
| 13 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 14 | He is looking at me with a slight frown , disconcerted by something about me , ready to be embarrassed . |
| 15 | In my experience the most effective way to resist his attempts to snag you is to heave at him with as much side-strain as your tackle strength will allow . |
| 16 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 17 | He was gazing at her with an infuriating world-weariness suggesting he 'd heard her argument a hundred times before . |
| 18 | The Collector had pulled a grey handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow and was gazing at it with pleasure , thinking again that he was a simple man at heart . |
| 19 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 20 | ‘ He was looking at me with his eyes just flickering with fear . |
| 21 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 22 | She was looking at me with a special kind of interest now . |
| 23 | He was looking at me with his head to one side . |
| 24 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 25 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 26 | However , the marquis was looking at her with affection and she took courage in both hands . |
| 27 | He was looking at her with a decidedly mischievous gleam in his eye . |
| 28 | But he was looking at her with a dark intensity that made her nerves quiver very oddly . |
| 29 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
| 30 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |