Example sentences of "have [verb] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RUSSIANS are numb to the red of the Communist Party and the face of Lenin which has stared at them in public places for decades . |
| 2 | So , I think that the er , education committee has taken the , the report seriously and quite recently has looked at it in depth . |
| 3 | I had photographs of Anne , naturally , and I 'd stared at them for a whole year , but they were n't very good . |
| 4 | And the way she 'd looked at her on the doorstep , and the cup of tea she 'd spilled and blamed on her age . |
| 5 | They 'd looked at it on Sunday . |
| 6 | The dancers , from what Lucy had seen , were all pretty good in their way ; she 'd even begun to develop a liking for Maurice , who 'd winked at her in the corridor earlier . |
| 7 | She 'd screamed at them through her letter-box , and shoved an old iron poker into the gap , waving it about in an obscene fashion which had made Stuart laugh ; when neighbouring tenants began to bang on the walls they left the parcel outside the door , not sure who would find it first . |
| 8 | I might have looked at her outside the church and seen just another assembly-line bride . |
| 9 | No well I would n't have looked at them from that , from the point of view of |
| 10 | Er , so , there is undoubtedly a lot of work still to be done in making the D S O competitive , as for building maintenance work , I 'm not certain we 've ever considered having a building maintenance D S O. We may have looked at it in the days before D S Os , but that 's er , a long time ago , and it 's certainly worth having a look . |
| 11 | But if Bobby wanted to get in on it now , he 'd have been turned away at the door : the elitists would have laughed at him for being in an indie band and ‘ Loaded ’ might never have been produced . |
| 12 | Of course , it was a shame about that incident when she assaulted the headmaster , but he should n't really have laughed at her for being the only child there who does n't take drugs . |
| 13 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 14 | You did n't have to glare at me like that . ’ |
| 15 | Normally she would have screamed at him for the minute splinters she knew he must be creating , but now she kept her anger for other matters . |
| 16 | And there have been days I 'd have liked her at home when I had a headache or one of the nuns had roared at me at school . |
| 17 | On some deep , primitive level , sensed earlier when she had gazed at him across the fire , she belonged to him . |
| 18 | But Ma Katz had got out of her rocking chair , and the preacherman had stared at her through the mummy 's glass eyes . |
| 19 | Benny had stared at him as if she had never seen him before . |
| 20 | She had been a rosy , stocky little girl who had stared at him with a bright , vacant face , her finger in her mouth . |
| 21 | And when he 'd finished , Ted had stared at him for a moment in open disbelief . |
| 22 | She had dreamt about him that night , she remembered , and in her dream he had looked at her with a smile of recognition . |
| 23 | On the one occasion she had broached the subject of his mother , David had looked at her with cold eyes , saying in a hard voice , ‘ My mother was her own worst enemy . |
| 24 | A heartbeat before , he had looked at her with blind passion , then with something that bordered on contempt . |
| 25 | Dierdriu had looked at her for a long moment . |
| 26 | But she had linked arms with Len because she was so glad that he was next to her , between her and that boy who had looked at her as if , well as if she was indecently dressed or something . |
| 27 | He had looked at her in a way that frightened and worried her , but looking back she became excited and stirred by his attention . |
| 28 | Flattered when he had looked at her in that particular way which was both critical and yet admiring at the same time ? |
| 29 | Bertha had looked at her in thoughtful silence for several long moments before she 'd said , ‘ Dear Lucy — I believe you could help me in this affair . ’ |
| 30 | Twenty minutes later , she was still trying to forget the way he had looked at her before slamming the door behind him . |