Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not shouting at you for the sake of it — he 's shouting at you in an effort to improve you . |
| 2 | Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time . |
| 3 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 4 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 5 | He knew the pattern of the carpet by heart but now it was as if he were looking at it for the first time , taking it all in , the design of orange and black squares . |
| 6 | ‘ A friend of mine , Anthony Cherry , who produces Prime Time for the BBC , saw in this some journalistic potential and is currently looking at it for the BBC programme 40 Minutes ’ , says Hewitt . ’ |
| 7 | And though I am not sure I would be able to stand looking at it for the run of the show , William Holman Hunt 's hideous , hard-core Pre-Raphaelite head of Christ ‘ The Beloved ’ has the punch of a Gilbert and George . |
| 8 | I 've been staring at it for the past hour , waiting for it to start twitching around like a fat little worm on a fishing hook . |
| 9 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 10 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 11 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
| 12 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |