Example sentences of "[det] [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl turned her head and half smiled at him behind her glasses . |
| 2 | What you all lookin' at me like that for ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation . |
| 4 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 5 | They were all staring at him in speculative silence when the sound of a car 's engine circled the house , coming to rest in the arc of gravel before the door . |
| 6 | They all stared at him in surprise . |
| 7 | When , immediately afterwards , he jumped up and began to rush round the room in a strange wild dance , we all stared at him in great surprise . |
| 8 | When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again . |
| 9 | All looked at her with wary distrust . |
| 10 | For a moment she thought they all looked at her in surprise . |
| 11 | And they all smiled at her from time to time . |
| 12 | It all comes at you in marginal costs , £8 to £9 a mile . |
| 13 | If they both came at him at once , from opposite sides , how would he deal with them ? |
| 14 | We both look at it for a bit . |