Example sentences of "at [pers pn] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed .
2 She made the mistake of looking at him as the thought formed in her mind , and had to suppress a gasp of awareness as she met his gaze .
3 She smiled at him as the general hurriedly got dressed .
4 The Hamleys bag sat on the dressing table at the end of his room , the one clean , bright item in the place , and Joe lay back on the bed and stared at it as the daylight outside gave way to the evening .
5 For more than two decades now , first one , then another exercise programme has been thrust at us as the answer to all the ills of modern living from heart attacks to stress .
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