Example sentences of "[vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] that " in BNC.
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1 | He turned around and stared at her with that insufferable thoroughness , which was downright rude , but about which she could n't complain . |
2 | He showed us into the buffet , and waitresses brought vodka and red caviare and stared at us in that curious but not impolite way that so many people do in Russia . |
3 | He looked at her at that , his eyes almost silvery in the semi-darkness . |
4 | No one looked at her like that ! |
5 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
6 | Robyn was suddenly finding breathing quite a problem ; she was n't sure if she was anywhere near able to reply — not when he looked at her like that , not when his body was so close to hers . |
7 | Sometimes , when she looked at her like that , it seemed to Emmie that she could easily forget what Gran was like when she was well — how she had looked , sitting in the kitchen all last winter , rocking in her old chair and telling them stories and teaching Oliver games to play with her darning eggs . |
8 | She found it impossible to collect her thoughts when he looked at her like that . |
9 | And she says Jean you know well you can see er she says you know the day before Ros was in Lisburn and she says you know the way when you 're standing and from the back you can feel somebody that their eyes are penetrating through you and she said she happened to turn round and there she 's sitting in , in this girl 's car and just er looked at her like that . |
10 | David remained close for a brief moment , perhaps hoping that she would retract her words , but Beth only looked at him in that certain proud manner which told him she would not change her mind . |
11 | Nothing compared to what her heart did when she looked at him like that . |
12 | And she looked at me like that . |
13 | When we approached the 12 year-old 's little aluminium throne with its torn plastic seat and its bent wheels , he looked at us with that special insouciance of the Lebanese militiaman . |
14 | He smiled at her with that lopsided grin and she was undone . |
15 | But when she smiled at me like that , I thought she was the most beautiful woman in England . |