Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pers pn] [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her brows rose as she glared at him . |
| 2 | Anne Hopper winced as she looked at the remains of the bullock lying on the large wooden worktop in the prison kitchen . |
| 3 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 4 | My heart sank as I looked at it . |
| 5 | Then her heart sank as he grinned at Doreen . |
| 6 | His eyes flickered as he looked at her , and she knew he was searching his mind for a joke . |
| 7 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you might like to go to Lindisfarne — Holy Island , ’ he added as she stared at him blankly . |
| 9 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 10 | ‘ Strawberry kisses , ’ he murmured as she stared at him , bemused , ‘ delectable . ’ |
| 11 | Cotterell nodded as he looked at the list of biographical queries . |
| 12 | He frowned as he stared at the brown water still gushing from the tap . |
| 13 | Her face was flushed , her eyes glittered , and her voice shook as she hissed at Silas , ‘ What is this ? ’ |
| 14 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 15 | She took the photograph back and sighed as she stared at it . |
| 16 | My mother sighed as she peered at those crowding white sails and topgallants : ‘ If only he were here to see that ! ’ |
| 17 | He grinned as he came at her again . |
| 18 | Otley called as he charged at the Romans . |
| 19 | The twist of his mouth betrayed an inner fury , while his eyes blazed as he looked at her . |
| 20 | She started as she looked at her father . |
| 21 | All he saw as he glanced at her was his little wife , shy as a fieldmouse , clinging to his hand . |
| 22 | Something clicked as I looked at the number . |
| 23 | Your hatred of my mother disappeared as you looked at her . |
| 24 | Her head ached : she could encompass no more , She felt as she felt at the end of some long and erudite lecture in a foreign tongue ; her mind would no longer pay attention . |
| 25 | Cromer cherished the thought that he ‘ remained more or less hidden [ and ] pulled the strings ’ , and proclaimed his contempt for publicity ; yet it was he of whom the fellahin sang as they laboured at their immemorial tasks . |
| 26 | And all the time , she thought as she sat at her desk nursing the remains of her hangover , Angy had been dead in her little one-room flat , alone and open-eyed , lying where she had fallen with the knife in her throat and her lifeblood flooding her lungs . |
| 27 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 28 | Everyone cowered as she screamed at him , ‘ Go on ! |
| 29 | Pat Thompson , aunt of 12-year-old victim Adele Thompson , wept as she yelled at them : ‘ Why did you take her away from us ? |
| 30 | Melody smiled as she plucked at the material of the loose sleeves . |