Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her bedroom , Honor gazed at herself in the cracked mirror , a sense of hopelessness bringing tears to her eyes . |
| 2 | The helmeted figure shouted at him through a face mask . |
| 3 | The bear roared at him with fury , its black muzzle and huge jaws covered in a thick white froth . |
| 4 | This time masculine appreciation came at her like a wave and her answering smile was enough to light the room on its own . |
| 5 | Wherever he walked , spring came at him with a rush , overwhelming him with sensation . |
| 6 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 7 | The bear sprang at him with a growl . |
| 8 | Tiny green balls of light phosphorescing at us from the dark of the bracken . |
| 9 | A squatting beggar wailed at us from his place beside an open sewer . |
| 10 | The air was charged with tension coming at her from all directions . |
| 11 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 12 | The priest looked at her with contempt . |
| 13 | By the open doors , Lily 's photograph stared at me from its table . |
| 14 | The stranger looked at me with his good eye . |
| 15 | Pansy looked at her as if he was trying to work out how to combine her with deuterium and to calculate the effects of the resulting explosion . |
| 16 | THE shepherd stared at us in disbelief . |
| 17 | The Corporal looked at me in amazement . |
| 18 | His fear screamed at him to bolt , but he forced his mind into action , to plan the run sensibly . |
| 19 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 20 | She could n't take any more of Naylor 's aggression , of Naylor looking at her with such dislike , of Naylor thinking she was anybody 's . |
| 21 | He looked extremely unhealthy ; the anxious eyes of a child peered at her from a white mask . |
| 22 | A familiar but still timid stray cat peered at him from beneath a blackcurrant bush and howled piteously . |
| 23 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 24 | She held a candle aloft and saw the other child looking at her with eyes like saucers . |
| 25 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 26 | Billie came awake , wondered where she was , saw the girl looking at her with concern . |
| 27 | She saw them standing at the window looking at someone in the garden with great interest . |
| 28 | It was Geoffrey Howe , I am told , who knocked on one door while canvassing at a by-election in Epping , to be greeted by a tiny , wrinkled old lady rushing at him with arms outstretched : ‘ Oh Geoffrey at last I 've met you , my fluffy , cuddly little teddy bear ! ’ |
| 29 | Having established the ICAEW 's position in the listed market , we decided to extend our work to look at which of the bodies regulated the auditors of large unlisted organisations . |
| 30 | While Oliver was eating , the strange boy looked at him from time to time with great attention . |