Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At first I looked at that nine and then I went five .
2 I looked at that qualified second sentence with an odd feeling of sadness and relief .
3 But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all .
4 It was odd , she thought , how if one was alone , one leant to things , inanimate things ; trees , streams , flowers ; felt they expressed one ; felt they became one ; felt they knew one , in a sense were one ; felt an irrational tenderness thus ( she looked at that long steady light ) as for oneself' .
5 She looked at that lean , dark face , so like Michele 's , and wondered what had disturbed her .
6 Then , while it seemed that he was the one who was going to apply the antiseptic — a job she could do quite well herself — he was speeding away any huffiness she felt at that last thought by asking her her name .
7 Er and we found at that earlier stage , they acted largely independently .
8 They worked at that just unloading on the boats .
9 He frowned at that last .
10 It started at that triumphant dinner party last Thursday .
11 He looked at that perfect suit , that perfectly inexpressive face , those cold eyes .
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