Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [adj] figure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses , gun-dogs and books filled his day , and many a regicide glanced wrathfully at the nonchalant figure of the tall Englishman strolling unconcernedly in the highways and byways of Belgrade . |
| 2 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 3 | She opened her door and waved up at the smiling figure on the stair . |
| 4 | Ashi stared dumbly at the misty figure behind the blinding aureole . |
| 5 | Bodie stared down at the spread-eagled figure , then reached out to close the staring eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she began to apologise as she turned the lock and pulled back the door , ‘ I should have — ’ Then she stopped , speechless , as she stared up at the tall figure of Robert Sheldrake . |
| 7 | I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin . |
| 8 | They had emerged into the street and looked across at the overalled figure and the patch of wall on which he was working . |
| 9 | As I approached I looked wonderingly at the slight figure with the soft fairish hair falling over his brow , at the holed cardigan and muck-encrusted wellingtons . |
| 10 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |