Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob sat up on the bed and gazed at her in astonishment . |
| 2 | The face loomed up out of the darkness and leered at her through the rain-soaked glass . |
| 3 | The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach . |
| 4 | ‘ More like a full metamorphosis , ’ he drawled , leaning back against the huge , craggy trunk of the tree and gazing at her with wicked eyes . |
| 5 | He coughed twice before saying , ‘ Yes ? ’ then leaned forward and peered at her as if his sight were bad , then coughed a harsh , chest-tearing cough before asking further , ‘ Yes , what d' you want ? ’ |
| 6 | His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . |
| 7 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 8 | At other times , mostly when he smiled in that particular way of Tyler 's , leaning his head sideways and looking at her with incredible love in his sparkling green eyes , she found it unbelievably painful . |
| 9 | He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there , ’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself . ’ |
| 10 | She demurred a little when he said , picking up his teacup , and looking at her over the top of it , ‘ You never answered my question , Miss McAllister . |
| 11 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
| 12 | Robyn coughed violently and wiped at her by now streaming eyes . |
| 13 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 14 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 15 | Sometimes she would stand in front of Sarah and stare at her in the most curious way , saying nothing . |
| 16 | She was caught up in her work , in the looking it required , a gaze that was intense and scrutinising without allowing any personal exchange of feeling to take place , when he was all at once bearing down on her , shouting , his right fist tight around his weapon , his left hand hitting the air and pointing at her with accusing index finger . |
| 17 | The fingers tightened and every word he spoke was slow , deliberate and flung at her with malevolent force through his clenched teeth . |
| 18 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 19 | She was grinning as she said it , but he did n't take that in and yelled at her about Women 's Lib claptrap . |
| 20 | He pronounced took like a curse , and mimed the bad men looking by jutting his head forward and glaring at her like a demented goldfish . |
| 21 | His teeth bit into her shoulder but she only came closer and he made a low , frustrated sound deep in his throat , tilting her face and staring at her with eyes filled with burning darkness . |
| 22 | Rosa laughed and looked at her as if she should know . |
| 23 | He stood and looked at her for a moment longer , his eyes running over her scathingly , taking in the beautiful , angry face , the wide and annoyed grey eyes and the tall , slender figure concealed in such efficient garments . |
| 24 | He stood and looked at her for a moment , hands on hips , jaw set . |
| 25 | He did not want to be caught at all , and although Mildred told him where they were going and tried to soothe him , he struggled madly and looked at her with great suspicion . |
| 26 | He turned his wrinkled face towards the young hedgehog and looked at her with his deep brown eyes . |
| 27 | James commented , and looked at her with disapproval . |
| 28 | The cat jumped on to Rilla 's chair and looked at her with its yellow eyes . |
| 29 | He shrugged and looked at her with those unfathomable grey eyes . |
| 30 | Piers abandoned his efforts with the meal and looked at her with raised eyebrows . |