Example sentences of "at [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 3 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 4 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 5 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 6 | It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 9 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 10 | No one 's shot at me for a minute . ’ |
| 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 | He looked at me for a minute . |
| 17 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 18 | She stares at me for a moment in her shocked haze of light . |
| 19 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 20 | I dashed out to the landing and ran into Siegfried , who stared wide-eyed at me for a moment before galloping downstairs . |
| 21 | Then Lorne gazed at me for a very long time , in ripe candour . |
| 22 | Lorne gazed at me for a very long time again . |
| 23 | He looks at me for a second . |
| 24 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 25 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 26 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 29 | And Wright , whose misery over the weekend was compounded when he wasted a glorious chance to rescue a point for Arsenal , added : ‘ Some people are just having a go at me for the sake of it and it 's beginning to get to me . ’ |
| 30 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |