Example sentences of "catch [pron] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one said much to me at tea , although I caught them looking at me sometimes as they sipped at their mugs . |
| 2 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 3 | Bartlett fell lbw to Batty for 37 and without addition Lathwell was stunningly caught one handed at mid-off by Batty to bring Carrick a wicket . |
| 4 | Sometimes she caught him looking at her , but he never really kissed her and the vagueness of his attentions made her anxious and say bitter things she did n't mean . |
| 5 | From time to time she caught him looking at her , his expression unfathomable , and each time the tension in the cabin seemed to grow . |
| 6 | Beryl caught him looking at a painting hanging above the mantelpiece , a portrait of a middle-aged woman of exceptional beauty . |
| 7 | Several times she caught him looking at her unguardedly , and heat flared in his eyes , to be instantly banked as he brought it under control with his iron will . |
| 8 | He was not a man much given to talking , but there were times when she caught him glancing at her in a way that held its own silent eloquence . |
| 9 | Sometimes the Captain caught him staring at him fixedly , willing him to get the case under Instruction . |
| 10 | Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment . |
| 11 | my mum told me to wipe some of it , some of it off cos I could n't her shout , I , I , I caught her shouting at my sister , she got really angry with my sister |
| 12 | He suddenly looked up and caught her looking at him . |
| 13 | He turned and caught her looking at him as they strolled idly along by the whispering dark Mediterranean , and impulsively he stopped and pulled her into his arms for a quick hard hug . |
| 14 | But , flicking her glance away from him when he caught her looking at him , she formed the view that she must have gone a little light-headed with the guilt of her conscience , because it seemed to her that since knowing him she had been visited by one strange thought or feeling after another . |
| 15 | He looked up suddenly , and caught her staring at him . |
| 16 | He looked up and caught her staring at him . |
| 17 | Too often she had caught him looking at her breasts . |
| 18 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 19 | I caught myself shouting at people or giving them lectures about elementary things like the importance of oiling their bikes ( I later discovered that oiling bikes in dusty regions wears out the moving parts rather than preserving them ) . |
| 20 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 21 | ‘ If I so much as catch you smiling at another woman — ’ |