Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel found herself staring at Matilda 's kindly face , completely at a loss . |
| 2 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 3 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
| 4 | Hari heard him beating at the bushes with his truncheon and then he opened the door to the workshop . |
| 5 | Richard believes his playing at matches inspires the team and he said : ‘ I did it for a laugh at the first home game but now it 's taken off . |
| 6 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 7 | Paige found herself blinking at him . |
| 8 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 9 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 10 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 11 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 12 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 13 | Philip saw him staring at his Dad 's swimming trophies . |
| 14 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 15 | Not that Dorothea minded their laughing at her but she felt protective towards her idea . |
| 16 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 17 | Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces . |
| 18 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 19 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 20 | Polly found herself staring at his thighs , mesmerised by the powerful muscles that bunched and flexed beneath bronzed skin dusted with gold-brown hair . |
| 21 | There followed a silence in which Agnes imagined them glaring at each other . |
| 22 | Alex saw him looking at it as he came back with the glasses . |
| 23 | In the 1970s , Sir Alec set us laughing at some of the items in the Educational Assessment Program in the state of Michigan : |
| 24 | Culley imagined him looking at his notes . |
| 25 | Harriet noticed her looking at the groceries and said cheerfully , ‘ I took one of those cordon bleu cookery courses . |
| 26 | Reid saw me looking at the iron bars . |