Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept looking at myself in the glass . |
| 2 | He ran a glass under the kitchen tap , then returned to the living room and , looking at himself in the full-length mirror all the while , stood there naked , shaking violently as if with cold , and poured himself and drank three glasses of water without stopping . |
| 3 | He wandered off round the room , looking at himself in the mirrors and pulling faces and laughing . |
| 4 | No , Kathleen thought , looking at herself in the mirror , at her own , pale face , no , she is not afraid , that is not it , Isabel has never known fear . |
| 5 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 6 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 7 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
| 8 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
| 9 | Looking at herself in the mirror , she was very satisfied . |
| 10 | She combed her hair , looking at herself in the mirror . |
| 11 | Staring at myself in the mirror . |
| 12 | I flush the lot down the toilet , staring at myself in the mirror , trembling . |
| 13 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 14 | And she 's sitting in a peculiar way , staring at herself in the mirror . ’ |
| 15 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 16 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 17 | ‘ There the beastly thing goes again ! ’ she grumbled under her breath , grimacing at herself in the mirror as she caught the faint hum and slight clattering sound from the living-room , where the machine was clearly spewing forth yet more reams of urgent letters and company reports from all over the world . |