Example sentences of "at [pers pn] for a " 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 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
29 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
30 | She looked at them for a long time . |