Example sentences of "at [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one 's shot at me for a minute . ’ |
| 2 | He looked at me for a minute . |
| 3 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 4 | He looks at me for a second . |
| 5 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 6 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 7 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 8 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 9 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 10 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 11 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 12 | She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it . |
| 13 | He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope . |
| 14 | He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry . |
| 15 | He stared at me for a moment , then very carefully , he picked me up with finger and thumb and looked at me . |
| 16 | She stares at me for a moment in her shocked haze of light . |
| 17 | I dashed out to the landing and ran into Siegfried , who stared wide-eyed at me for a moment before galloping downstairs . |
| 18 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |
| 19 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 20 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 21 | When , a minute later , he pulled on the handle of the iron bell and it clanged loudly , the door of a small house just beyond the gates opened and a man appeared and stood looking at them for a moment before speaking . |
| 22 | The woman looked at them for a moment over the book she had pulled from the shelf . |
| 23 | She looked at them for a moment with pleasure and then set the bucket down and turned to Murphy . |
| 24 | You wo n't remember them after if you do n't look at them for a week but when you come to look at them the night before you 'll be surprised what you do know . |
| 25 | ‘ I just want to look at you for a moment or two . ’ |
| 26 | She had her key ready and he looked down at her for a minute . |
| 27 | He looked at her for a minute , then he looked away , over her head , at the front of the court . |
| 28 | He stared at her for a minute , then stripped to the waist and started to scrub the clay off in the basin of steaming water . |
| 29 | Both of them looked at her for a second , then continued their hushed conversation . |
| 30 | Travis frowned up at her for a second , then took a quick look around and nodded . |