Example sentences of "was [verb] at [pers pn] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was gazing at her with an infuriating world-weariness suggesting he 'd heard her argument a hundred times before . |
| 2 | The Collector had pulled a grey handkerchief from his pocket to mop his brow and was gazing at it with pleasure , thinking again that he was a simple man at heart . |
| 3 | I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch . |
| 4 | ‘ He was looking at me with his eyes just flickering with fear . |
| 5 | But she was looking at me with simple , concerned inquiry . |
| 6 | She was looking at me with a special kind of interest now . |
| 7 | He was looking at me with his head to one side . |
| 8 | I got her a pair of tough brogues from the plastic bag and all the time I was putting them on her she was looking at me with a vacant stare , her eyes still very wide , the pupils enormous . |
| 9 | ‘ He does n't , eh ? ’ said the tramp , who was looking at her with great interest . |
| 10 | However , the marquis was looking at her with affection and she took courage in both hands . |
| 11 | He was looking at her with a decidedly mischievous gleam in his eye . |
| 12 | But he was looking at her with a dark intensity that made her nerves quiver very oddly . |
| 13 | He was looking at her with such tenderness and love that she thought she would faint from sheer happiness . |
| 14 | He was looking at her with frank enjoyment that seemed untainted by any sort of guilt . |
| 15 | He was looking at her with amusement , and a sort of hungry satisfaction . |
| 16 | He was looking at her with one eyebrow cocked . |
| 17 | He was looking at her with frowning concentration . |
| 18 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 19 | Barney was looking at her with a strange expression , half puzzled , half tender . |
| 20 | But Wolff was looking at her with frank and breathless admiration . |
| 21 | He was looking at her with an icy contempt . |
| 22 | In a brown-panelled room smelling of tobacco they sat on opposite sides of a cold hearth full of cinders , swallowing hot wine and water under the blue eyes of Sergeant Collier , who was looking at them with intent curiosity like a man staring at a two-headed dog in a freak show . |
| 23 | But Sir Daniel was looking at him with a satisfied expression on his face . |
| 24 | Gerrard was looking at him with his eyebrows slightly raised . |
| 25 | Elinor was looking at him with what might have been respect . |
| 26 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 27 | Her arm was draped elegantly across his shoulders , and she was looking at him with eyes like headlights , as though she were starving and he were a cream cake . |
| 28 | His eyes had a wildness about them , as though he might attack the boy , who was looking at him with his mouth open . |
| 29 | When he had got his balance back , a woman in a dowdy black dress was looking at him with tired amusement . |
| 30 | And Matey badly needed help ; indeed , she was looking at him with something like approval . |