Example sentences of "and [vb past] at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob sat up on the bed and gazed at her in astonishment . |
| 2 | Mr Stokill removed my rope and gazed at me with commiseration . |
| 3 | A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes . |
| 4 | She opened her eyes and gazed at him in disbelief . |
| 5 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 6 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 7 | The face loomed up out of the darkness and leered at her through the rain-soaked glass . |
| 8 | The wino leaned and leered at her from behind the cover of the chip man 's mighty stomach . |
| 9 | ‘ Serendipitous , eh ? ’ he said , and leered at me through the artificial gloom , his rubber lips curling up . |
| 10 | He growled and gibbered at them like a witch-hare and those nearest to him fell back in fear . |
| 11 | He coughed twice before saying , ‘ Yes ? ’ then leaned forward and peered at her as if his sight were bad , then coughed a harsh , chest-tearing cough before asking further , ‘ Yes , what d' you want ? ’ |
| 12 | Then he took the binoculars and peered at me through them . |
| 13 | Except on that one occasion when she lost her temper and shouted at him like a fishwife in front of her husband . |
| 14 | She stood to slip the dress down over her hips , and pouted at him in her petticoat . |
| 15 | A dog with more breeds in its blood than hairs on its back foamed and yapped at them from the limit of its rope ; the curtains of several trailers were drawn back by shadowy witnesses ; two girls in early adolescence , both with hair so long and blonde they looked to have been baptized in gold ( unlikely beauty , in such a place ) rose from beside the fire , one running as if to alert guards , the other watching the newcomers with a smile somewhere between the seraphic and the cretinous on her face . |
| 16 | I lay down on him and beat at him with my fists . |
| 17 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 18 | Molly passed a cup to Cornelius , who perched it on the palm of his hand and gaped at it in awe . |
| 19 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 20 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 21 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 22 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 23 | Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth . |
| 24 | Now he drained it and squinted at her through the glass . |
| 25 | After about five minutes a middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway and , seeing Lucy , stopped and frowned at her over the top of her glasses . |
| 26 | The woman smiled and nodded at me through the noise that made a surrounding silence . |
| 27 | Old Red looked up from the floor , and glanced at me before answering . |
| 28 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 29 | She was grinning as she said it , but he did n't take that in and yelled at her about Women 's Lib claptrap . |
| 30 | Beside myself with rage , I crouched , shook my fist under his nose and yelled at him from a few inches ' range . |