Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Paige found herself blinking at him . |
| 5 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 12 | Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces . |
| 13 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 14 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 15 | Polly found herself staring at his thighs , mesmerised by the powerful muscles that bunched and flexed beneath bronzed skin dusted with gold-brown hair . |