Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] [adj] woman " in BNC.

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1 Michele glanced at the blonde woman .
2 Briefly , she glanced at the other woman , then looked down at her watch .
3 Then he glanced at the fat woman carrying the naked-heeler .
4 Maggie glanced at the well-meaning woman .
5 He snarled at the old woman .
6 Benjamin paused and we all stared at the young woman now sitting back in her chair looking up at the rafters , tapping the table top and humming a tune to herself .
7 They both stared at the young woman before them , sipping now at a brandy and port .
8 Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad .
9 Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face .
10 With a convulsive swallow , Virginia stared at the beautiful woman who had been Guy 's fiancée .
11 Had the two friends discussed her in the way men probably did when they looked at a young woman who passed them in the street ?
12 He looked at the young woman , noticing now how her eyes rested possessively on him , and he could n't help wondering if they were right .
13 The man looked at the young woman with strong disapproval .
14 But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ?
15 He turned and looked at the slender woman cowering in her chair .
16 The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’
17 Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender .
18 Then he looked at the dead woman .
19 Matchsticks bawled at the hysterical woman and began slopping contents from the petrol can over the front of her dressing gown .
20 Turning , she smiled at the young woman at the counter .
21 She looked at them one by one ; she nodded to the people she had seen sewing by the fountain ; she smiled at the old woman and the boy .
22 She shrugged at the American woman — it had happened in Viet Nam .
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