Example sentences of "at [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 31 | She looked at him again as he executed a slower turn , wobbling but upright . |
| 32 | He walked off in front of her and Jenna had no choice at all ; she followed and only had time to glare at him reproachfully as he opened the door and stood aside for her , and then Marguerite was there . |
| 33 | Francis Morgan looked at him wildly as Teversham came up at his elbow , solid as a rock . |
| 34 | He just walked into her room , closed the door and came across to her , and Maggie stared at him wildly as he took her arm , drew her from the balcony and shut the french window , |
| 35 | Shocked into immobility , her heart racing with suffocating speed , she gaped at him stupidly as he added , ‘ Welcome to the Ca ’ del Leone . ’ |
| 36 | Doreen looked at him pleadingly as she persisted , ‘ I thought it would be so nice for — for married couples — ’ |
| 37 | She found herself smiling at him suddenly as they gained the shelter of the sitting-room and went in search of towels . |
| 38 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 39 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 40 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 41 | She paused , looking at him thoughtfully as she went on , ‘ Now you know why I 'm here . |
| 42 | Dysart smiled at him sympathetically as he hurled a bundle of damp tissues into the bin by the bed and plucked a handful of replacements from their box . |
| 43 | Leonora stared at him blankly as he went into the kitchen , wondering what she 'd done to incur his displeasure again . |
| 44 | She leaned back against the wall and looked at him tauntingly as his head rose sharply at her tone and his eyes fastened on her . |
| 45 | Smiles came from within , they were n't just a facial movement , and she stared at him assessingly as she wondered how she could have been such a fool . |
| 46 | The Canaletto presumably has not altered , and men still come to look at it just as they repeat Shakespeare 's words . |
| 47 | It had left her a little awe-stricken and she made a move to look at it again as it lay on her dressing-table . |
| 48 | Knoydart is a delight , looking mouth-watering from the Glenfinnan tops , and you can keep gazing at it longingly as you walk west from Sgurr Thuilm , round the rim of its heroic corrie towards Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 49 | Aye , cos we even had people where , where , where the placard you see , people 'll say oh that house , I wonder if they 'll let us have a look at it now as they 're passing |
| 50 | As we dropped down towards Gunnerside , rabbits exploded in all directions and Bill had so many to choose from he lay down confused , unable to make his mind up , looking at us pitifully as though we could make up his mind for him . |
| 51 | Even Dad looked at us proudly as he paused in his job of putting up the bunting . |