Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before doing so , Father Duryea stared at them for many arduous minutes . |
| 2 | It was five or six minutes later that Piladu appeared on the mountainside , stared at them for sometime and then tramped slowly towards them tightly wrapped in his hooded cloak . |
| 3 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 4 | Lifting his head , Leo stared at her for long moments , then , with another of his funny smiles , he murmured softly , ‘ Take care , ’ and he was gone . |
| 5 | His expression blank , he stared at her for long moments . |
| 6 | He stared at her for several seconds as if he could not remember who she was . |
| 7 | He looked at her for several interminable seconds . |
| 8 | She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’ |
| 9 | She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married . |