Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [v-ing] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stopped them reacting violently because it stopped them reacting at all . ’ |
| 2 | Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces . |
| 3 | The momentary confusion it caused in their reaction , meant that Satan and Baal missed their swiftly moving target by inches , as they found themselves snapping at empty air in mid-leap . |
| 4 | I followed the line of the shadow along the sand , over the rocks , and found myself looking at little Paul , splashing happily about in a pool , slapping the water with a great flat bit of wood almost as big as he was . |
| 5 | There followed a silence in which Agnes imagined them glaring at each other . |
| 6 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 7 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
| 8 | Maggie looked down and saw it moving at some speed ; dust flung up in a stream behind it and it was waiting as they taxied to a halt . |
| 9 | The Tokay Clos Jebsal 1988 ( £14.25 ) has a raisiny richness and a pure , clean voluptuousness which had me drooling at two recent tastings . |
| 10 | You left them thrashin' at thin air . |
| 11 | In the 1970s , Sir Alec set us laughing at some of the items in the Educational Assessment Program in the state of Michigan : |