Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senator was again not looking at me but at the sea , and his voice was immensely sad . |
| 2 | Then the hand got higher and the grip tighter and suddenly Sally was not looking at me but at the old lady in the chair and saying sharply : ‘ Mrs Cody ! |
| 3 | This blow was not aimed at me but at the Church . |
| 4 | He landed and stared down at me and at the blood of my broken wing , his terrible beak opening just a little with the pleasure of what he saw ; while I hung there , trying to watch all three at once and knowing that one of them would attack suddenly and then be gone as another came in from a different direction . |
| 5 | I was flicking the coal dust from my trousers and trying to look unconcerned when I saw Wesley Binks doubled up with mirth , pointing triumphantly at me and at the hole over the cellar . |
| 6 | She smiled at me and in the dark her mouth seemed covered in blood , and looking at her , I felt sick , disgusted with her , with myself , with everything . |
| 7 | If you spread the group up and as far as you 're concerned there 's only a couple of guys looking at you and within the group more supportive than just one big body and if you 're feeling comfortable then the chances are you retain more information and part information to not just sat there . |
| 8 | There were of course exceptions such as Mrs Cellier , mid-wife and women 's champion who against all the odds managed to carve a niche for herself as a nurse , to hold her own whilst on trial at the Old Bailey , calmly storing in her pocket stones thrown at her whilst in the stocks and attempted to found a college of therapeutic midwifery . |
| 9 | Only I saw him sigh , for Lili and Robert were looking not at him but at the walls , and he found me too negligible to bother to disguise his ennui . |
| 10 | Ryker loomed at her through the flames and she hurled the water both at him and at the fire . |
| 11 | You were so successful at it that in the end you could vanish without leaving a soul behind sufficiently concerned about you to kick up a fuss — only a solicitor worried about the legal hang-ups , and especially the money ! |
| 12 | He swore at it and at the siren still wailing as frantically as ever outside . |
| 13 | Evelyn was gazing at it and at the eager face above the frilly collar , but whether in rapture or disbelief Sam could not tell . |
| 14 | Roger , Terry and David , er need to take this away , have a look at it and at the next meeting we either then draw some conclusions and again what I 'm looking for |
| 15 | To give herself time to think , she dribbled some sea water onto the hare from a half-pot , lifted thankfully from the clachan rubbish heaps ; and looked at it and round the hut afresh . |
| 16 | He needed to have two goes at it and in the end made a good five . |