Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] at [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 2 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
| 3 | She saw a young , rather handsome man , whose brown eyes looked at her in a way she found slightly disturbing , though this was not the kind of thing she would have admitted to anybody but herself . |
| 4 | For a moment the two gentlemen stared at him in perplexity , as he shook his head , bubbling over at some private joke , until he caught the puzzlement on both faces . |
| 5 | Her parents gazed at her in astonishment . |
| 6 | But it was not his opinions so much as their force of expression that caused his hearers to stare at him in awe on these occasions . |
| 7 | I lit up and stood there trying to answer all the questions coming at me in French and English . |
| 8 | While war could create serious difficulties for the merchant class , other social groups looked at it in a different light . |
| 9 | Two passing merchants stared at them in surprised disapproval . |
| 10 | Having heard of her relationship with John , the Girls looked at her in fascination , and could only talk about the wonderful clothes this woman wore . |
| 11 | The teachers looked at her in surprise . |
| 12 | Ben had hardly put his feet on the ground when , from the side of the house , there emerged what appeared to be a mob of children coming at them in a rush and then skidding to a halt about three yards distant . |
| 13 | Both men stared at her in shocked silence . |
| 14 | Both men looked at her in mild surprise . |
| 15 | Both women looked at him in joint appeal and he marched to the door , pulling it open with unnecessary force . |
| 16 | Adults stared at them in not altogether dumb , but spluttering amazement . |
| 17 | He trembled to a stop as the others looked at him in mild surprise . |
| 18 | The Tories gazed at her in a new light . |