Example sentences of "[v-ing] at him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me ? ’ she said , looking at him with wide eyes . |
| 2 | Looking at him with cool objectivity like this , it was hard to see why he had had such a powerful and disturbing effect on her , she realised , aware once again of a strange inner certainty that she had seen him somewhere before , but unable to pin the memory down . |
| 3 | The two women were looking at him with great attention but it was the mother who spoke first . |
| 4 | ‘ Hello , ’ said the boy , looking at him with hollow eyes . |
| 5 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 6 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 7 | She found herself opening her eyes , and looking at him with dazed longing . |
| 8 | Seven pairs of eyes were looking at him with open hostility , even the youngest 's who was not yet four . |
| 9 | Louise , his warm-hearted , likeable , former neighbour was looking at him with obvious concern . |
| 10 | He tried asking her about herself , but she had a knack of averting his questions with an apparently bashful stammer , looking at him with kohl-lined eyes that rolled around like the globules in a bricklayer 's balance . |
| 11 | Tess followed him and stood there staring at him with dry eyes . |
| 12 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 13 | Defensively she pushed his hand away , staring at him with dark-pupilled eyes , the clear grey irises ringed with silver . |
| 14 | Then she was silent , staring at him with horrified eyes . |
| 15 | He looked towards Peg , who was staring at him with undisguised loathing . |
| 16 | Suddenly he realized that everyone in the queue was staring at him with frank interest and uninhibited hostility . |
| 17 | Fran broke off , staring at him with frightened eyes . |
| 18 | The eyes seemed to be staring at him with peculiar intensity , as though he were a rare specimen whose every move must be observed . |
| 19 | They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption . |
| 20 | Both his neighbours at table were staring at him in shocked alarm , knocked clean out of words , and that in itself was an achievement . |
| 21 | Staring at him in mild shock , she quickly lowered her lashes . |
| 22 | She stopped abruptly by the passenger door , staring at him in wide-eyed silence . |
| 23 | Laura jerked her head back , staring at him in blank astonishment . |
| 24 | Zen glanced at Ellen , who was staring at him in horrified disbelief . |
| 25 | Staring at him in bewildered astonishment , she searched his face . |
| 26 | They were all staring at him in speculative silence when the sound of a car 's engine circled the house , coming to rest in the arc of gravel before the door . |
| 27 | Miss Jarman was glaring at him with impatient curiosity and strong distaste . |
| 28 | She drank some more water , glaring at him in fresh annoyance . |
| 29 | Mayli looked round , blinking at him through sad , tired eyes . |
| 30 | She pressed her lips together , glancing at him with bleak eyes , hardly seeing Luke at all through the blur of tears . |