Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
| 2 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 3 | I tried to drive on , but he came at me with some story of having run out of petrol . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 5 | He looked at me with some care . |
| 6 | Goreng looked at me in some surprise . |
| 7 | Erm , Chair , I think when we come to the capital programme you will be proposing that the P A G advise you and the Director in terms of producing a package which meets those guidelines , erm , and given the opportunity to look at them in some detail . |
| 8 | When he turned to look at her with some compassion , she walked the few steps that kept them apart and , staring at him with desperate eyes , insisted , ‘ That woman in the docks … it was her , was n't it ? |
| 9 | He stared at her in some perplexity . |
| 10 | Robbie looked at him with some anxiety . |
| 11 | During his second premiership he noticed during a train journey that another occupant of the compartment was looking at him with some puzzlement . |
| 12 | As Ranald looked at him with some concern , the old man waved him off . |
| 13 | He glanced up at her face again , and discovered that she was looking at him with some interest , and it struck him that until now starvation had held her attention to the exclusion of all else . |
| 14 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 15 | But I do n't know anybody in there who has n't had a really good shout at him at some point , and that 's all , that 's including A O's |
| 16 | ‘ The draw from a loaded deck of cards , ’ he muttered darkly , and she glanced down at him in some surprise . |
| 17 | Startled by his sharp tone , Fabia stared at him in some surprise . |
| 18 | ROS and GUIL , holding the belts taut , stare at him in some bewilderment . |
| 19 | The missing leg dropped down and kicked , and the officer threw the con man away , chattering at him in some dialect . |
| 20 | And while she stared at him in some astonishment , ‘ I would never harm you , ’ he added . |
| 21 | She stared at him in some amazement , and looking rather confused , João backed out and left her with her Imitation . |
| 22 | Sylvie looked at him in some perplexity . |
| 23 | Passers-by looked at him in some curiosity , seeing the tears course down his cheeks ; and still he walked on and on . |
| 24 | She gazed at it for some moments in silence , thinking about a flat in Manchester where she and John had spent a ghostly week one winter before they were married . |
| 25 | It was so faint that he had to look at it for some time before he could make any sense of it . |
| 26 | We shall look at it in some detail in this chapter , devoting two sections , 5.1 and 5.2 , to it . |
| 27 | Only regressive assimilation of voice is found across word boundaries , and then only of one type ; since this matter is important for foreign learners we will look at it in some detail . |
| 28 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |