Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that the Secretary of State will look again at the figures , instead of looking at them superficially as he has done , to see that , in the past five years , the incidence of passenger train collisions has increased by 40 per cent . |
| 2 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 3 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 4 | She paused , looking at him thoughtfully as she went on , ‘ Now you know why I 'm here . |
| 5 | No-one said much to me at tea , although I caught them looking at me sometimes as they sipped at their mugs . |
| 6 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 7 | For Naylor Massingham looked far from amused , and was in fact glowering at her darkly as he rapped toughly , ‘ The purpose of my wanting to see you , Miss Everett , was to give you verbal warning that unless your work improves you 're out ! ’ |
| 8 | The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat . |
| 9 | Knoydart is a delight , looking mouth-watering from the Glenfinnan tops , and you can keep gazing at it longingly as you walk west from Sgurr Thuilm , round the rim of its heroic corrie towards Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 10 | She was n't changing her plans and returning , yet she seemed to be angrily tugging at me just as I was turning away . |
| 11 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |