Example sentences of "at [pron] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at me again and nodded . |
| 2 | Ashamed of having frightened me , he looked at me sweetly and began to sing Italian songs to make me forget the incident ’ . |
| 3 | I do n't see many of my kind , so people look at me strangely and ask — rudely — what I am . |
| 4 | As we were giving our hands he looked up at me intently and told me that in two days there would be a gypsy wedding . |
| 5 | My mother glared at me suspiciously and told me not be so ridiculous . |
| 6 | She looks at me sometimes and gives sad little sighs , bewildered smiles , as though she really is n't quite sure where I come from . |
| 7 | He looked at me glumly and said ‘ I know what you mean . |
| 8 | He looks at me hard and says in a voice that can only be described as arch , ‘ Do you mean do I cry when I see children with flies round their eyes ? |
| 9 | Everyone looked at everyone else and thought of urgent matters to attend to elsewhere . |
| 10 | The waiter bawled at them triumphantly and kicked the door with his shoe to point out another notice , which said in English ‘ No Passing ’ . |
| 11 | Now and again he looked up from his book , stared at them intently and smiled . |
| 12 | Dora looked at them curiously and said , ‘ Why do you ask ? ’ |
| 13 | As they approached , a big rabbit appeared over the edge of the ditch , looked at them quickly and vanished into the bank . |
| 14 | But he only smirked at them maliciously and kept silent . ) |
| 15 | It 's the time you stamp on someone 's foot , hard , when they barge past you as you smile at them innocently and say sorry . |
| 16 | I look at them now and think : God , that 's prehistoric . |
| 17 | ‘ It was sheer stupidity on my part , ’ Maggie confessed , but Felipe looked down at her intently and shook his head . |
| 18 | He had stared at her suspiciously and sniffed . |
| 19 | His WPC was looking at him anxiously for guidance , but he shook his head at her slightly and waited , standing squarely on both feet as he had done in many trying circumstances before . |
| 20 | I looked at her steadily and said again , ‘ Life has changed . ’ |
| 21 | Curious , she did as he said and Modi looked at her critically and fetched his box of pastel crayons . |
| 22 | She was somewhat startled to find a waiter knocking on her door very soon and he came in bearing a tray of tea and a pain-killer , looking at her sadly and murmuring his regrets . |
| 23 | The chief superintendent stared at her colourlessly and tightened his lips . |
| 24 | A small boy appeared from the table behind the counter , he smiled at her politely and waited for her to speak . |
| 25 | The woman peered at her short-sightedly and looked bewildered . |
| 26 | The nurse looked at her calmly and smiled . |
| 27 | Annunziata looked directly at her then and nodded . |
| 28 | He looked up at her now and said quietly , ‘ I … |
| 29 | She ate her apple pie , which was excellent , and finished off her glass of wine , only for Dr Neil to look at her quizzically and say , ‘ Cheese and biscuits , McAllister ? |
| 30 | The man looked at her sharply and seemed about to speak . |